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Hello everyone,

I made a long overdue upgrade to the CPU and memory of the server by doubling both. Hope that helps some of the slow load times. I sometimes forget how many active users this server has and that number has only grown in the past year.

Thanks!

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[-] trubedour@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago

Just chiming in with another thank you for this as well as everything else you do! The difference is super noticeable, and makes the experience a lot better.

[-] VoidJuiceConcentrate@midwest.social 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

it's working much better now, thank you!!

[-] CPMSP@midwest.social 12 points 6 days ago

You are neat and we like you @seahorse@midwest.social.

Thank you for hosting us!

[-] Pandantic@midwest.social 15 points 6 days ago

Just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work and commitment to this server. I love it here, and I appreciate you!

[-] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 10 points 6 days ago

Night and day difference for me, thanks for upgrading!

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 11 points 6 days ago

Yes, I can definitely tell! Thanks @seahorse@midwest.social!

[-] Ascrod@midwest.social 6 points 6 days ago

Thank you for your continued effort!

[-] st3ph3n@midwest.social 8 points 6 days ago
[-] PraiseTheSoup@midwest.social 7 points 6 days ago
[-] JakenVeina@midwest.social 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I guess that was the downtime overnight? Glad to see an active admin team. Sounds like it's time for me to setup a support subscription. Is there a Patreon account, or similar?

[-] seahorse@midwest.social 4 points 6 days ago

No, wasn't overnight. Not sure what that was about but CPU was at 100% for most of it. That's when I decided to upgrade the resources.

There's a liberapay link in the sidebar if you're so inclined.

[-] JakenVeina@midwest.social 2 points 6 days ago

The sidebar for the whole instance? I think that's jusy not visible anywhere, in Jerboa. I'll have to look for it at my desktop, later.

[-] seahorse@midwest.social 4 points 6 days ago

You can get to it on Jerboa by tapping the 3 vertical dots in the upper right corner and going to "site info". Either way, this is the link on it: https://liberapay.com/seahorse

[-] JakenVeina@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago

Sure enough, there it is.

[-] figjam@midwest.social 4 points 6 days ago

Thank you for all you do.

[-] geoff@midwest.social 4 points 6 days ago

Thanks very much! Curious what the specs are at this point, if you’re willing to share!

[-] seahorse@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago

Nothing terribly impressive. 4 vCPUs and 8 GB RAM on a 120 GB ssd.

[-] JakenVeina@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago

Boy 120GB doesn't seem like much. Do photo uploads go somewhere else, perhaps?

[-] seahorse@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah there's object storage I use for photos.

[-] PentastarM@midwest.social 4 points 6 days ago

❤️❤️❤️

[-] cymor@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago
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