Had a few issues upgrading the Postgres database and pictrs. The instance ran out of disk space during the upgrades and it took the site down for about 3 hours while I migrated us to a new server instance. We’re now hosted on:

  • 16GB of ram
  • 8 CPU cores
  • 320GB of storage

… but we are still on Lemmy 0.19.3.

I’ll attempt a new update soon, and hopefully with the new update, move our images over to an AWS/Linode bucket because we seem to double in space every 3 months and it’s getting expensive.

73,

w0odl

  • 667@lemmy.radioEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    How expensive and to where can we send money because I’ve gotten a lot of value out of your hosting this instance.

    • BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio
      8·
      2 months ago

      In total, it’s not something I’m having an issue paying. I’m not a fan of talking about my personal life, but I did get laid off about 6 months ago so it is an expense for me, but I think something is just around the corner. Moving to a new place soon and have a job lined up that should help.

      BUT… since you asked, and I don’t have any plans to put up a KoFi or whatever to ask for donations, our instance currently:

      • linode server: $144/month
      • .radio TLD: $30/year
      • email $10/month

      So not too bad, not great either. After I’ve moved and things settle down, my goal is to try to migrate our photos to AWS and downgrade us to a server that’s back at ~$75.

      I appreciate the ask, but we’re good for now! I enjoy running this instance and seeing everyone use it.

      ~w0odl