Lemmy talk @lemmy.radio Ben @lemmy.radio 2mo ago

(incomplete plus downtime) lemmy.radio upgrading to 0.19.5

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

2 comments

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