[haynar]

Totally doable.

All db queries need to be asyncronous with appropriate checks when waiting for stuff to finish.

Group zone servers with most of db info. Like shared mem. Load all char db info thru world. All NPC info for spawns, etc., would be self contained in zone servers. So only thing hitting main char db (thru world), is player info.

Coordinating thru world is the key.

But really need all the world/zones in same data center for best performance.

Just my opinion.

H