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In preparation for the Reddit June 12-14 Black-out (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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As the reddit mods gets ready for the June 12-14 black-out, there some anticipation that an influx in user base will shift over to many of the lemmy instances as user seek out a home to post their internet memes and discuss their interests.

In anticipation of this increased volume I will be growing our current instance from

  • 16 CPU
  • 8 GB ram

to

  • 24 CPU
  • 64 GB ram

This server is currently equipped with SSDs that are configured in a raid 10 array (NVMEs will come in the next gen that get deployed)

Earlier today I also configured some monitoring that I'll be watching closely in order to have a better understanding on how the lemmy platform does under stress (for science!)

I'll be sharing graphs and some other insights in this thread for everyone that is interested. Feel free to ask anything you might be interested in knowing more of!

EDIT: I'll be posting and updating the graphs in this main post periodically! Last updated: 6:21AM ET June 12th

CPU - 48 hours

Memory - 48 hours

Network - 48 hours

Load Average - 48 hours

System Disk I/O - 48 hours

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

For the icon: How about a Satisfied Seal? Because when sh.itjust.works, you know that feel! satisfied_seal

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I love this!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Here’s a link to the SVG of the Satisfied Seal so you can tweak as needed. I’ll also post the link in the comment thread. Glad people seem to like it!

https://svgshare.com/s/u8T

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Let me know if you want me to tweak the design any and I can send an SVG as well. No copyright/usage restrictions - free to use or modify as you wish.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Impressive setup! Would you be interested to have your instance recommended on the Lemmy project website?

https://lemmy.ml/post/1171717

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the transparency

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Any recommendations on VPS hosts. Thinking about creating my own.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Check out Vultr. Super customizable. Have not gone down since I got mine (currently has 900 days uptime).

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks @TheDude. I work in enterprise network/systems/cloud operations as a network/security engineer. Would love to contribute monetarily or with time.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

shit just works

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Is this an actual bare metal machine?

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

No its on a vm.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Which cloud?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's on colocated hardware that I have in a local datacenter.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I’d love to see a few additional charts with the next update:

  • Disk space consumed
  • Subscribers
  • Communities federated

My guess is that’s not available vie SNMP for Librenms. :)

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I'm being a little private about the total amount of disk assigned to this instance for now. I do plan on sharing these details when I have implemented a viable solution. That being said I can tell you that with the amount of current users and activities this instance is growing by about 20GB per day in disk size.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Holy shit... You tell us when you'll accept donations, right? This doesn't have to be your financial responsibility.

Or do you and I just haven't found it yet?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Not taking donations at the moment. Still need to figure out the best way to collect donations and haven't had the chance to think about it! I will eventually

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Just discovered this place. Nice to see you guys are getting ready for the influx of users.

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