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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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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  • [–] 15 points 1 year 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 points 1 year ago

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

    Thank you for hosting us!

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

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

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Night and day difference for me, thanks for upgrading!

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    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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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Thank you for all you do.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    ❤️❤️❤️

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    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Thank you for your continued effort!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Hi there! first of all thanks for all your work- i love this instance- and second, sorry if this is the wrong place, i literally could not figure out where else to ask- but is it normal that i'm experiencing ~30 second or more load time when trying to access any page on the instance? i don't use an app, just browse thru firefox on my phone. if this is expected, what kinda infrastructure do we need to improve it / where can i donate? if not, what am i doing wrong? i love being here but sometimes the wait time makes it inaccessible for my doomscrolling.

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