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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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[–] wit@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

@ruud@lemmy.world, I just want it to be known that you rock. Fucking thank you for all the hard work!

[–] BCas@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

We are growing too powerful!

[–] WintryLemon@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Thank you very much. The welcome for all us reddit refugees has been really warm and it's deeply appreciated.

[–] artistan@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (5 children)

The OpenCollective link seems to be reaching an error page a, FYI.

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[–] Anorack@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Just subbed to the Patreon!

[–] disney@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Refugee_Allstar@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

Just donated $10! Appreciate all the work you all are doing to keep up with the growth.

[–] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Thanks for everything so far. Will definitely be donating

[–] fudrummer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@ruud@lemmy.world DM me if you need help setting up monitoring/alerting on server health. IRL I'm on an SRE team, so happy to help where I can!

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[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

sounds good. i mean it is only 10 to 30 minutes no login and lemmy.world content but because of the decentralization content from other servers should still be viewable. To the reader: it would be nice it you pay money IF you can. Server bandwidth is a problem that can mostly be solved by throwing money at it

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[–] Speckle@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Thank you for making this happen! Just signed up for a regular donation to help with costs 👍

[–] R15K@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I’m just another reddit refugee but I wanted to say thank you for your time, effort and money. As I slowly come to terms with federation I see why some are so passionate about it.

[–] Clipboards@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Thanks Ruud!

[–] themollusk215@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

so cool getting to see this thing grow in real time

[–] WhereGondor@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Thanks for accommodating us!

[–] Izzent@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the awesome work!

[–] Lantier@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

When I saw you were an admin of a large mastodon server, I knew this Lemmy instance was in good hands. Well done!

[–] TheRoxyWC2@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks, Ruud, I've chipped in re costs :) Keep up the good work.

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[–] MysticSmear@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

as one of the new people here, awesome!

[–] Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Cool, lemmy.world seems to be one of the busiest with lots of new users, we should be making it clear to new users that they can sign up with ANY lemmy instance and still access lemmy.world communities though. gotta keep the load spread out.

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[–] Overcast@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sounds like Lemmy is quite power hungry. What are the specs of the new server? Can Lemmy be split into its services (e.g pictures on a different servers?)

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[–] antik@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Thanks for all the work you put in @ruud@lemmy.world

[–] wilberfan@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

So my Patreon subscription has paid off already! 😁

[–] miked@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I would prefer if lemmy.world and mastodon.world donations were NOT comingled.

I want to donate to lemmy.world but already contribute to my mastodon instance (sfba.social) as well as the mastodon project.

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