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!

  • GiuseppeAndTheYeti
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    13 days ago

    Not perfect, but it does seem much faster and MUCH more stable. Load times are less than 10s compared to ~30s before and I haven’t had a time out error yet. That’s using Voyager as a frontend app and download speeds of 227Mbps for reference. Thanks for what you do seahorse! Hope you never feel underappreciated.

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    12 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!

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    12 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?

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      12 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.

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        12 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.

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    12 days ago

    Thank you for your continued effort!

  • geoff
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    12 days ago

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

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      12 days ago

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

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        5 days ago

        What CPUs are they? Like a modern Epyc, or a crusty 20 year old box like some of our appsrvs at work?

        I guess it doesn’t need much for essentially database and the base of the website. I always figured it would need more. Any plans on going physical?

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        12 days ago

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

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    10 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.