Forum host upgrade - proposal

[Jonathan lancett]

25% attributed to crawlers is a lot. Can we do something about that?
Is there a way of cutting down on the mail messages?


On 10/08/2024 16:53, Ted Hess wrote:
> Hi all -
>
> Those of you who visit the forum have probably noticed its, sometimes 
> extreme, sluggishness over the last several months. Since April, I 
> have worked on and applied a number of attempts at tuning, cleanup and 
> storage re-arrangement to try and alleviate these issues. As best as I 
> can determine, we have have just simply exceeded the capacity of the 
> current Droplet CPU and RAM. To upgrade to a system with 2X CPU/RAM 
> (4vCPU/8GB -> 8vCPU/16GB) will increase cost from $48/mo to 
> $96-112/mo. The difference in cost is a "Regular Intel" vs "Premium 
> Intel" processors. The Premium (latest Xeon) option will provide 
> enhanced NVMe SSDs which would improve DB performance (a bit). I think 
> it would be worth $112/mo for maximal impact on the responsiveness of 
> the forum. AMD vs Intel - cost is the same. AMD may be slightly higher 
> GHz.
>
> Are there any objections / reasons why we shouldn't go ahead and do 
> the upgrade. There are a couple of methods available however, the 
> down-time will probably be 1-3hrs. if no problems. This isn't the 
> first system upgrade we have done, so I expect no issues.
>
> If any of you wish to see some of the forum performance stats, I can 
> post another message with numbers and personal observations. A quick 
> overview of what our daily forum activity looks like:
>
> * Serving 120-160K page views. (about 25% attributed to crawlers - a 
> different discussion)
> * 6-8K mail messages generated
> * ~1100 User visits (signed-in)
> * ~200 engaged users (liked or posted)
> * ~500 new posts
>
> Footnote on bandwidth usage... (DO charges bandwidth on aggregate 
> Droplet use)
> Proposed Droplet upgrade will add 3TB to our total.
> I don't have per-Droplet stats, but last month we transmitted ~29TB of 
> our 25TB allowance. A $40 overage cost.
>
>
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