Post AXTvIB4VZVHfgLPqPQ by GrahamDowns@c.im
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(DIR) Post #AXTvIB4VZVHfgLPqPQ by GrahamDowns@c.im
2023-07-08T10:28:48Z
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Oh dear, #MastoAfrica is incredibly slow today. Any idea why, @wogan @hnygd? :/
(DIR) Post #AXTvIBmoukjHtm9ETg by wogan@mastodon.africa
2023-07-08T10:30:05Z
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@GrahamDowns @hnygd The instance was upgraded to v4.1.3 yesterday, but other than that nothing has changed. I'll see if something is clogging it up.
(DIR) Post #AXTvc93EnFrjCuLJJ2 by GrahamDowns@c.im
2023-07-08T10:34:03Z
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@wogan I thought it was maybe my connection, but that seems fine. Maybe it's rebuilding a cache or something?Or maybe it's a link between Johannesburg and Cape Town. :?
(DIR) Post #AXTwE37PIdWtoMMp4C by wogan@mastodon.africa
2023-07-08T10:41:04Z
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@GrahamDowns Nah the server probably got temporarily busy with a lot of background jobs. It's only a t3.medium (2x vCPU), which is OK 99% of the time. I'm on the server now and nothing is currently overloading it.
(DIR) Post #AXU9FHvB30zFPmZG2y by hnygd@mastodon.africa
2023-07-08T12:35:17Z
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@GrahamDowns @wogan Can confirm, timeline loading very slowly for me too today…
(DIR) Post #AXU9FIiS5oOzsbcbqq by wogan@mastodon.africa
2023-07-08T13:06:58Z
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@hnygd @GrahamDowns @malmorrow I've upgraded the instance from t3.medium to t3.large, which doubles the RAM to 8gb and gets more CPU time overall. Chances are we just outgrew t3.medium in the last few days - let's see how it performs now!
(DIR) Post #AXU9P6R6bTn0gsBLE0 by malmorrow@mastodon.africa
2023-07-08T13:08:47Z
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@wogan @hnygd @GrahamDowns Hmmm okay - and the cost implications? Certainly seems like system is responsive now.
(DIR) Post #AXU9bY3jj9nzpxBZyq by wogan@mastodon.africa
2023-07-08T13:11:03Z
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@malmorrow @hnygd @GrahamDowns Basically double: t3.medium is ~R780/month, t3.large is ~R1550/month . I can double the server capacity again, but at that point I'm going to have to start thinking carefully about costs!
(DIR) Post #AXU9ngexZqPDzANvP6 by malmorrow@mastodon.africa
2023-07-08T13:13:14Z
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That's a serious commitment, @wogan. What's the best mechanism by which I can support you with a hundred or so monthly? @hnygd @GrahamDowns
(DIR) Post #AXU9tBjhSloVocE1dQ by wogan@mastodon.africa
2023-07-08T13:14:14Z
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@malmorrow @hnygd @GrahamDowns If you'd like to chip in to help cover costs, it'd be greatly appreciated! I've got a page up at https://tip-jar.co.za/@mastodon.africa that you can donate through.I'm also overdue right now to publish the transparency reports (cost, uptime etc), will try and get it done tomorrow.
(DIR) Post #AXUB9b2ZFYE8snREQ4 by malmorrow@mastodon.africa
2023-07-08T13:28:25Z
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@wogan @hnygd @GrahamDowns Done. I'll make a monthly reminder to myself. Thanks again!
(DIR) Post #AXUBCdxSrHRgnhVKCm by wogan@mastodon.africa
2023-07-08T13:28:58Z
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@malmorrow Really appreciate it, thank you so much! 🙏 @hnygd @GrahamDowns
(DIR) Post #AXUGc3fQuPdpXx0ZJA by hnygd@mastodon.africa
2023-07-08T14:29:32Z
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@wogan Do you know what exactly caused the sudden significant additional performance hit? It is interesting that it wasn’t a gradual slowing down…@malmorrow @GrahamDowns
(DIR) Post #AXUGfsDHR8wXBGevpY by wogan@mastodon.africa
2023-07-08T14:30:16Z
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@hnygd @malmorrow @GrahamDowns My guess is, it was the upgrade to v4.1.3 - there's probably some new capabilities or security features incurring more overhead. Haven't dug too deeply into it though!