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Will this also affect lemmy.ml? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Agreed. I went with lemmy.ca since I'm Canadian and the instance is in my country.

I also heard Lemmy should perform a little quicker for me too this way.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No, practically speaking the domain name should have no effect on access time. DNS has so many layers of caching that as long as SOMEONE has accessed the website nearby (including you), the domain lookup will be local and therefore fast.

    Anyway, DNS lookup times, even slow ones, are still not going to be noticable to the end use originally.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No, I meant the instance itself. The server. The one who runs lemmy.ca is here in Canada with me.

    It's like when playing a game; You choose servers closet to you for the lowest ping time.

    The other reason I neglected to mention was I like to support local. 😎

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It makes a difference for a game, but it's not really significant for a website.

    The server load and resources will have a much bigger impact on performances than geographic proximity.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    And you spread that server load by selecting different servers. While what you're saying is technically true, in a practical sense if everyone picked a more local server that would be one way to achieve what you're saying.

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