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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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[–] Proko@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Thanks for all you do @ruud@lemmy.world. You’re doing great!

[–] ndr@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Wow, we’re over 12k already

[–] CEO_of_Dolphins@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] ilikedatsyuk@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

The site is way more performant following the migration!

[–] ulu_mulu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

That was fast! Great job! :)

[–] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Loving it here so far!

[–] figaro@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Nice!

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] dissonant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

thanks for everything you're doing man

[–] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Thank you.

[–] lrabbt@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

That's my admin!

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years 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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[–] ClumsyAssassin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Just joined. Thank you so much for your effort!

[–] vepro@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

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

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

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

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[–] FlaxPicker@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years 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.

[–] Debo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Contributed to the OpenCollective link. Thanks for the efforts @Ruud and team!

[–] kiyoomii@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Incredible. Thank you for your efforts on this!

[–] FreddyNO@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the work you put into this server!

[–] Saturn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[–] ruud@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Ooooh

[–] antik@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Damn, those server specs are crazy

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