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[-] dmahtani@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Bro that's the Reddit server.

[-] iso 1 points 1 year ago

They've upgraded due the IPO, they now also have a fake serverroom with a bunch of blinkenlight generators

Those Blinkenlight generators are obviously trained by AI to make it look more realistic

[-] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

A temporary fix for overloaded lemmy.ml servers, via THAIO (Throw-Hardware-At-It Optimisation)...

[-] shroomato@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sadly there's only one server since Lemmy doesn't support horizontal scaling (hopefully for now only)

[-] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

This sounds like something we need. I'm sure it's much harder to implement than I imagine (I'm not a programmer, just a geek). Lemmy needs more devs.

[-] chordata@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Nothing more permanent than a temporary solution

[-] Jax@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Unplug it real quick so we can find out

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I actually ran a moderately active (like 20,000 hits a day) small business site from a laptop for a couple years. Of course one of the first thing I did was put a "SERVER DO NOT SHUT DOWN" sticker on it, and set the power settings so closing the lid did not shut down or sleep the computer. It was a Dell 7000 series with 16GB IIRC, it did great.

[-] eugene@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not advertising here, but with this low traffic you could be in a permanent free tier with AWS with all the availability guarantees. It doesn't work with EC2, but for serverless solutions (ApiGateway, Lambda, DynamoDB) they have something like "we start charging after 1M calls per month" (don't quote me on this exact number). I have a couple of pet projects working this way

[-] EqMinMax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

laughs in "stay awake even if lid is closed" settings in linux.

[-] muhyb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's my netbook server.

[-] demonen@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I used to work for a notebook manufacturer, and it was a non-trivial part of the cooling strategy that the lid is open under load.

I hope they've changed, but megacorps usually don't.

[-] whoharold@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This looks like my old laptop - Lenovo Y510P. Even down to the slight abrasion below the mousepad from the user wearing a watch with a metal band.

It had SLI GPUs in a laptop through the ultra bay. It was a beast for about 20 minutes until the heat built up.

[-] SeeMinusMinus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I have a minecraft server running on a laptop like this. Sadly I don't have any friends that want to play minecraft right now ):

[-] lemmein@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago
[-] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago
[-] lemmein@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sorry I don't speak with communists

[-] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

You're missing out, but hey whatever you like

[-] SeeMinusMinus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

tankies != communists. communists are cooler (:

[-] PorkrollPosadist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Old shitty laptops make good servers. They have a built-in UPS.

[-] Dandroid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

How did you get into the Jagex office?

[-] jdaxe@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

This is the server used for the total level worlds

[-] abieNathanTheyThem@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Please use an ethernet cable, you gonna need to keep that connection spotless and WiFi are vulnerable no matter which protocols, better turn it off.

If I may also add install a custom firmware on your router(Rec. Tomato series most updated)/hardware firewall(Rec. pfSense) with a VPS if the network is used for other means, they will help you in the long-term.

It should go without saying if you can't secure a server, don't host one. You're responsible for anything that happens to it & us.

[-] words_number@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Don't worry comrade, this is a humor community ;) Thanks for the well-intentioned advice though.

[-] Xeelee@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I have an old Raspberry Pi 1 lying around. Should I spin up my own instance?

[-] StickBugged@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'm actually thinking about doing this exact thing with my own rpi b rev2 from 2012. I'm not sure it'll even run a kbin/Lemmy instance though

What specs do I need to run a lemmy instance for, say a small group of 1000 people? Cpu, Ram, Amount of Electricity needed, Minimum Internet Speed, Storage? Assuming that I would be federating with the top lemmy instances.

[-] sexy_peach@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I think it would be possible to run it on that laptop. But the only way to find out is if you try for us!!

[-] gh0stcassette 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've heard of people running (Mastodon, not lemmy, but it's probably comparable) off a raspberry pi, but I doubt that'd be feasible for more than a few users. I might set that up for self-hosting though

[-] theory@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago
[-] chkno@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago
[-] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Just pop the magnet out of the lid.

[-] aport@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

This is the correct, cross platform solution. It works on all operating systems!

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