2w ago

CPU and memory upgraded today

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.
Just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work and commitment to this server. I love it here, and I appreciate you!
Yes, I can definitely tell! Thanks @seahorse@midwest.social!
You are neat and we like you @seahorse@midwest.social.
Thank you for hosting us!
Night and day difference for me, thanks for upgrading!
Huzzah!
Thank you!
Thank you for your continued effort!
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?
- 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.
  
  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.
it's working much better now, thank you!!
Thank you for all you do.
❤️❤️❤️
Thanks very much! Curious what the specs are at this point, if you’re willing to share!
- Nothing terribly impressive. 4 vCPUs and 8 GB RAM on a 120 GB ssd.
  
  Boy 120GB doesn't seem like much. Do photo uploads go somewhere else, perhaps?
  
  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?
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.
Thank you!

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