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[Done] Server will be migrated (More power!) (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[–] parsifal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Does it work on water now that it has MORE POWA?

[–] lp0101@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I'm not too familiar with Lemmy's codebase, but I am a devops engineer. Is the software written in any way to support horizontal scaling? If so, I'd be happy to consult/help to get the instance onto an autoscaling platform eventually.

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[–] andobando@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

What kind of server configuration are you guys running? A single instance?

[–] Kepskip@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you. Feels super responsive.

[–] Saturdaycat@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

That's awesome! Wasn't even a long downtime

[–] Izzent@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the awesome work!

[–] Lermatroid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Went ahead and subbed on patreon. Hope that lemmy survives the growing pains and can develop some of the community that reddit had!

Also if there are any fellow former apollo users would def recommend checking out Mlem, its in testflight right now but seems to be working towards the experience that apollo gave on reddit.

[–] solidsnake911@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

iOS only? Or also Android? Btw, you receive notifications on Jerboa? What do you use for Lemmy on Android?

[–] Lermatroid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only on iOS, but afaik there are a few options on android atm.

[–] solidsnake911@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I supposed due comparative of Apollo. I will download it on my iPad. On Android I'm using Jerboa, which is beautiful and intuitive, but have a lot of stuff to improve and doing some things news and better! But is the version 0.0.30 so is relatively new, and is the app of the official staff. The app you mentioner for iOS costs moneyonf AppStore?

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[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 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?

[–] savjee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Check the updated post. It's running on a dedicated server hosted by Hetzner. Specs are high-end: "AMD EPYC 7502P 32 Cores β€œRome” CPU and 128GB RAM."

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks for letting me know. I also have my work stuff on Hetzner. But I do not see "Hetzner" listed in this post.

Have you ever hosted on Vultr? I need a server with less latency and Vultr seems to have servers in a good location for my needs.

[–] sagittarie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Actually just had a short conversation with @ruud@lemmy.world about the latency. We're going to try and address that for those of us outside of Europe.

[–] savjee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ah you're right. The post only states the specs. The fact that it's hosted on Hetzner was mentioned in a comment (1, 2)

I personally have no experience with Vultr. Sorry!

[–] antik@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] TheRoxyWC2@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] dgendreau@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Same thanks so much for doing this Ruud!

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