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[Done] Server will be migrated (More power!) (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ruud@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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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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[-] parsifal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Does it work on water now that it has MORE POWA?

[-] Kepskip@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you. Feels super responsive.

[-] disney@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Came here from Reddit and I already love it so much more! :)

[-] Thetrademarq@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Mo powa baby

[-] ulu_mulu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That was fast! Great job! :)

[-] amcjv12@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Awesome to see so much growth. I just joined yesterday and I guess I'm not alone!

[-] bobaduk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

What's the current setup, if you don't mind me asking?

[-] spicyjimmy87762@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for all the work!

[-] denemdenem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

What is the ratio from the before and after migration server capacity? 1:3, maybe 1:5?

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[-] croobat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Doing God's work here mate.

[-] hddsx@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

[-] FlaxPicker@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Itd be cool to get donation flare!

[-] mo_ztt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You can! ☑️ or ✅. The Patreon page mentioned that you're officially allowed to edit your username to add flair when you donate. I upgraded to $8/month specifically so I could add the flair, but then got cold feet about the idea. 😀

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[-] ZeeKay@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

Just curious, what sort of hardware is lemmy.world using/moving to? Wondering if there's a good way to predict load based on number of users.

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