Question on adding a cluster

[Shindoku90 2]

So, my friends (I have about 3 on my server, 4 total including me total) its the first time we have considered a cluster--primarily because we'd like to do the story  in each map.

We are starting with The Island, and plan to go to Abberation--Extinction--Genesis--Genesis Part 2. However, if we plan to just move on from The Island and never return after we transfer dino's/items/ourselves, is there a way to 'cancel' The Island from the cluster and just keep Abberation? Mostly asking this for a cost effective route since I'm the only one paying for the server. 

I wouldnt be holding on to the servers we move on from, just keeping one map until we move on to the next till we complete it, so on so forth.

[Ryan Pennington 359]

You would purchase a second server to cluster with and it would be billed the same way a normal game server is. You are free to cancel it at the end of the term.

[Shindoku90 2]

3 hours ago, Ryan Pennington said:

You would purchase a second server to cluster with and it would be billed the same way a normal game server is. You are free to cancel it at the end of the term.

So, once the cluster server is bought, can I remove The Island from the cluster to reduce the cost, but keep Abberation? That was mostly my question I was trying to avoid having to pay for the Island cluster map WITH the Abberation cluster map, since my players and I wouldnt be using the Island one anymore, if that makes sense? once we completed the storyline for The Island.

I considered just getting a separate server over a cluster, but Cluster seemed better due to the ability to jump with dinos/items/levels, I just can't afford to pay for both The Island and Abberation maps together.

Apologies too, if the question is a bit redundant--very first time doing anything like this so I'm just wanting to be certain.

[Ryan Pennington 359]

The only way you can achieve what you are saying and avoid the extra cost is to change maps on a single server in a non-clustered way. You would retain character information but everything else would be tied into the map (dinos, items, etc) the only way to have a seamless transfer is to have a 2nd game server attached as a cluster and transfer back and forth (one way each time)

[Shindoku90 2]

10 minutes ago, Ryan Pennington said:

The only way you can achieve what you are saying and avoid the extra cost is to change maps on a single server in a non-clustered way. You would retain character information but everything else would be tied into the map (dinos, items, etc) the only way to have a seamless transfer is to have a 2nd game server attached as a cluster and transfer back and forth (one way each time)

Okay, I think that makes more sense! I'll probably do the latter, and see how things work. We're still working on The Island, but we're slowly nearing the conclusion there, so I was inquiring for near future reference. Thanks again Ryan!