So after we've extended the virtual cloud server twice, we're at the max for the current configuration. And with this crazy growth (almost 12k users!!) even now the server is more and more reaching capacity.

Therefore I decided to order a dedicated server. Same one as used for mastodon.world.

So the bad news... we will need some downtime. Hopefully, not too much. I will prepare the new server, copy (rsync) stuff over, stop Lemmy, do last rsync and change the DNS. If all goes well it would take maybe 10 minutes downtime, 30 at most. (With mastodon.world it took 20 minutes, mainly because of a typo :-) )

For those who would like to donate, to cover server costs, you can do so at our OpenCollective or Patreon

Thanks!

Update The server was migrated. It took around 4 minutes downtime. For those who asked, it now uses a dedicated server with a AMD EPYC 7502P 32 Cores "Rome" CPU and 128GB RAM. Should be enough for now.

I will be tuning the database a bit, so that should give some extra seconds of downtime, but just refresh and it's back. After that I'll investigate further to the cause of the slow posting. Thanks @veroxii@lemmy.world for assisting with that.

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[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

@davetansley@lemmy.world I blame you for this!

[–] WaffleFriends@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Like everyone else here, I'm a reddit refugee but I'm quite excited for this instance

[–] FlaxPicker@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I think some donation flare would be cool to have if you make a donation to an instance. It would help incentivize donations too.

[–] ndr@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Wow, we’re over 12k already

[–] dissonant@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

thanks for everything you're doing man

[–] figaro@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Nice!

[–] CEO_of_Dolphins@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Feels good to be part of the growth of a community!

[–] ruud@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Ooooh

[–] lrabbt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That's my admin!

[–] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Thank you.

[–] kiyoomii@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Incredible. Thank you for your efforts on this!

[–] ClumsyAssassin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Just joined. Thank you so much for your effort!

[–] ilikedatsyuk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The site is way more performant following the migration!

[–] ulu_mulu@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That was fast! Great job! :)

[–] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Loving it here so far!

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This is literally a Wikipedia moment for social media, thank you @Ruud

[–] mikehunt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thank you again for your efforts! Making a donation right now to help with the costs.

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[–] vepro@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

If you didn't tell I wouldn't even have noticed, awesome work!

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Are you running this out of your home?

I have self hosted small things before, but I was always curious about lager stuff like this.

What are your internet speeds?

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[–] Saturn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Quick question: when are these changes supposed to take place? ASAP or at a specific time?

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[–] normalincafes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for being so on top of all these changes! I’m enjoying my experience here so far.

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