Hello there! Because of performance problems and latency I arrived at a conclusion that moving to a dedicated server would be the better option for Sopuli in the long run. I looked at Hetzner’s server auction page and got one from Germany with beefy specs: Intel’s Core i9 processor, 64 GB of RAM and two 512 GB SSD’s in a RAID configuration. The price isn’t too much, around 38 € per month plus VAT.
I already told about the migration coming on Matrix and Mastodon but it’s time to make it official here.
The migration starts tomorrow at 12:00 (Finnish time) and it will likely take several hours. Be prepared!
EDIT 27.06.24 19:48 I underestimated how long this all will take, and there were problems with restoring backups and networking. Regardless, the migration is done and we’re up again!
Terve! Suorituskykyongelmien ja latenssin takia tulin johtopäätökseen, että dedikoituun palvelimeen siirtyminen on parempi vaihtoehto Sopulille pitkällä aikavälillä. Katsoin Hetznerin palvelinhuutokauppaa ja hommasin palvelimen Saksasta mehukkailla ominaisuuksilla: Intelin Core i9 -suoritin, 64 Gt keskusmuistia ja kaksi 512 Gt SSD:tä RAID-asetuksella. Hinta ei ole liikaa, se on noin 38 € kuussa ja lisänä arvonlisävero.
Kerroin jo palvelimen siirrosta aiemmin Matrixissa ja Mastodonissa, mutta nyt on aika tehdä asiasta täällä virallista.
Siirto alkaa huomenna klo 12:00 ja se vie todennäköisesti useamman tunnin. Varautukaa!
EDIT 27.06.24 19:48 Aliarvioin kuinka pitkään tässä kaikessa kestää, ja ongelmia oli varmuuskopioiden palautuksessa ja verkkoyhteydessä. Joka tapauksessa siirto on valmis ja taas ollaan ylhäällä!
thx for your work!
Hype. Thanks for the continued maintenance and improvements.
The speed is delicious 😋, thank you!!
Looks like some people still don’t know about the patreon so don’t be afraid to shill a bit. Perhaps add a link to it as a server tagline? I think you can have more than one and the server will rotate through, showing users them all?
TO ANYONE MISSING CONTENT FROM THE TIME DURING THE MIGRATION!!
Some content from the time during the migration is now appearing as it gets new votes and comments on other instances, and the post/comment being interacted with gets federated to sopuli along with the new interaction.
But many posts and comments have been lost during the migration. The federation won’t retry due to Sopuli not properly pausing federation during the migration, unless someone on another instance interacts with it again. This means many comments and some posts may remain missing on sopuli.
If there is something you want to comment on or reply to, you can grab the link to the content from another instance (you need to copy the link from the colorful fediverse icon on a post or comment) and if you paste that into search on sopuli, you can manually trigger federation for that thing so you can then vote/comment/reply.
You can also check for any replies you may have gotten by checking your profile from another instance.
This makes a good feature request to make at Lemmy’s GitHub: add a feature for pinning messages in a thread.
Isn’t this a thing? Mark it as distinguished.
Edit: Only works with your own comments. Would make sense to let you do it for others as a mod/admin.
Let us know when you want some help with the server costs!
Thank you very much for your amazing work and all the time you spend on the migration and the regular admin stuff. Highly appreciated what you’re doing there for us and the fediverse! :)
In case anyone else is looking for the patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/QuentinCallaghan
(I spent some time searching it as I never use the web interface but only ever access Lemmy via Boost on Android)