Forum host upgrade - proposal

[Alexandru Ardelean]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 11:12 PM Stijn Tintel <stijn at linux-ipv6.be> wrote:
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>
> On 8/12/24 15:33, Robert Marko wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 at 17:54, Ted Hess <thess at kitschensync.net> 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.
> > Hi Ted,
> > I am for upgrading the droplet as forum is probably the main point of
> > interaction
> > in the OpenWrt community.
> >
> > But, like others pointed out, we maybe should look for a more affordable host
> > then DO as they are quite expensive.
>
> We use DO because they sponsor us USD 5000 to use their services. If you
> look at the current costs, upgrading another droplet will cause us to
> use up the USD 5000 before they expire. Please keep that in mind before
> doing anything that will increase cost.

I did not know this.
In light of this new info, I will retract my suggestion.

Thanks
Alex

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> Stijn
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