this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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Hey guys, just to let you know I'm upgrading the server tonight to a dedicated server which should improve the speed of the site significantly. It shouldn't take too long and might resolve some issues we were having on the instance.

At the moment, the server has been running on shared hosting which is cheap hosting where the server that runs the website is shared among many users. I upgraded it this morning but it didn't seem to help at all so I'm opting for a dedicated instance.

Over the last few days we've seen a good number of users join the instance and I've had a good number of donations from some great people!

My intentions are to run this server for as long as I can even if I'm putting some of my own money into it. I know some people may be worried about an instance like this being hosted by one person but I promise I'll keep it up and keep regular backups just in case I can't host it anymore or something happens to the server!

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[–] juniper 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Thanks Tom for all you're doing. The instance is noticeably faster this morning, imo.

It's a shame the UKCasual community was created on a different instance to this one, it'd be nice to have everything in one place. I suppose that's the beauty of everyone moving to a new platform though. It's all over the shop!

[–] Lubricate7931 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where did casuals end up? Missed that

[–] tom 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It ended up at !ukcasual@lemmy.world, it is a shame aye but lemmy.world seems pretty stable which is good!

[–] Lubricate7931 1 points 1 year ago

Cheers for that. Must of missed it when done a quick sweep of lemmy world and beehaw

[–] tom 1 points 1 year ago

Glad to hear it's faster!

[–] Senseibu 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It’s already fast! 😆

Thanks Tom, you are a good admin.

Do you have any donation links to share to help with hosting costs?

[–] tom 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know honestly, I go on holiday next week and I'm worried it might get too big while I'm away haha

[–] Senseibu 6 points 1 year ago

That’s really decent of you, have a good break too!

[–] tkc 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seconding the donations links. Very excited to be here and want to help out where I can!

[–] david 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Vinnyboiler 6 points 1 year ago

I'm greatful this instance existed when I decided to jump onto Lemmy, I'm certainly not inclined to jump onto another instence anytime soon.

[–] theory 5 points 1 year ago

but I promise I'll keep it up and keep regular backups just in case I can't host it anymore or something happens to the server!

This is very comforting, thank you!

[–] Kryxyo 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks Tom, much appreciated. Hopefully this is the start of a great community thanks to your initiative and effort

[–] Lubricate7931 5 points 1 year ago

Awesome stuff. Was hoping I'd find a more modest instance like this, cheers!

[–] clara 3 points 1 year ago

thank you for your hard work

[–] teclo 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems to be going ok now, there was a little hiccup about an hour ago maybe, between 10am and 11am but all seems ok at the moment.

[–] tom 2 points 1 year ago

Yeh I had to take the site down for a bit because of this https://feddit.uk/comment/84124 all should be good now

[–] JohnSmith 1 points 1 year ago

I for one will be happy to keep you caffeinated should the server costs start piling up. Don’t hesitate to prompt us if it comes to that.

[–] theory 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Might be worth updating to lemmy 0.17.4 if you can, before you jet off on holiday :)

[–] tom 2 points 1 year ago

That's a good shout actually, I'll do it early tomorrow morning as it looks like a smallish upgrade, the update for 0.18.0 looks to be coming soon which hopefully comes after my holiday as it'll be a big one!

[–] StaticFlow 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Never, do an upgrade BEFORE leaving on your holiday. Things need time to settle.

[–] theory 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He's going next week

[–] Lubricate7931 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@tom@feddit.uk Dont forget to take your laptop on holiday :)

[–] tom 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha dw I won't forget, hopefully I won't need it

[–] Lubricate7931 1 points 1 year ago

Yep hopefully stays in the bag :) enjoy