Salamander

https://mander.xyz/u/Sal

Public Key

npub19sgzdje6tsy2w45qw9lk7nrf8rtaegmjfjvnv77g9ndsasqdzdkqsgymqd

NIP-05 Address

sal_at_mander.xyz@momostr.pink

Profile Code

nprofile1qqszcypxeva9cz9826q8zlm0f35n347u5deyexfk00yzekcwcqx3xmq3qu8un

Author Public Key

npub19sgzdje6tsy2w45qw9lk7nrf8rtaegmjfjvnv77g9ndsasqdzdkqsgymqd

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2024-06-19 21:02:03

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It works now :)

2024-06-19 17:33:33

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Aaaah, thanks! 😆 It is done now.

2024-06-19 15:53:27

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As soon as it comes!

2024-06-18 19:10:59

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The instance is catching up at a rate of ~15 activities/s, and we are 2.5M activities behind. So it should take about 2 days to catch up.
I have tried fiddling with some parameters to see if this could be improved, but I did not find the right knob to tune. Best is probably to just let it run 😄

2024-06-18 16:36:36

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Ah, thanks!
Hmm, I am not sure about how the queue gets filled. It might be that the instance needs to process all of the older content first.
I will give it some hours and if it does not look like it will catch up, I will look into other methods.

2024-06-18 16:17:38

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Thanks!
Since the upgrade, I can see ([here](https://grafana.lem.rocks/d/ddid16op0zj7kb/federation-activity-progression-rate?orgId=1&var-instance=lemmy.world&var-remote_instance=mander.xyz&var-remote_software=All&from=now-24h&to=now )) that activities from lemmy.world are being fetched significantly faster. I will let it run for some time and hopefully this speed-up is enough to catch up.

2024-06-18 14:14:20

The instance has been updated to version 0.19.4!
You can see the official release post and notes here: [lemmy.ml/post/16585359?scrollToComments=true](https://lemmy.ml/post/16585359?scrollToComments=true )
Since this update required some manual intervention anyway to update the database version, I took the opportunity to perform some overdue server maintenance and upgrades.
I have migrated the server to a more powerful configuration, and changed the way image files are being stored and served (object storage as opposed to filesystem storage).
I am also aware of some federation issues that have affected this and other instances. I am not sure whether this upgrade will deal with these problems automatically. I will be looking into it and hopefully will implement some solution soon.
Sorry for the downtime experienced in the past few days, but hopefully with the more powerful server the experience will be smoother and will remain so for a while.
For other admins and users interested, this is a bit of information about the server
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> The previous configuration:
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> Hosting provider: serverspace.io
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> 8 GB RAM
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> 4 Core CPU
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> 50 Mbps network
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> 400 GB SSD
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> Cost: $55 / month
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The 400 GB SSD was being used to store both the server’s database and the image files, and this component in isolation had a monthly cost of $36. I have migrated the images to an object storage provider ($6/month for 500 GB), and used the resources previously used for disk space to increase
the other parameters. The new configuration is a lot better and less expensive.
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> New configuration:
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> Hosting provider: serverspace.io
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> Object storage provider: contabo.com
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> 16 GB RAM
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> 6 core CPU
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> 50 Mbps network
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> 100 GB SSD
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> 500 GB Object storage
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> Cost: $47/month
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Thanks a lot to the lemmy and pict-rs devs for the hard work they put into developing the infrastructure!

2024-06-18 08:56:30

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Sorry I missed this, but, of course! I think that the dataisbeautiful community would be a good fit. I will try to deal with the federation issues as soon as possible.