Eugen Rochko
I'll need to move the primary database server soon, to a machine with twice the disk space, but I definitely do not enjoy the idea of doing that 😅
Dec 23, 2018 at 1:59amWeb
Show threadtestpinkpriusDec 23, 2018
@Gargron how much disk space does it use?
Show threadEugen RochkoDec 23, 2018
@testpinkprius 144 GB right now
Show threadEsteban Zapata RojasDec 23, 2018
@Gargron shipping it saturday night, what else could go wrong.
Show threadEugen RochkoDec 23, 2018
@estebanz01 It's not like I can "go home" from Mastodon anyway
Show thread💾 UberGeek.bakDec 23, 2018
@Gargron set up new machine as a slave replica, wait until binlogs are caught up, then cut over the the new master :)
Show threadEugen RochkoDec 23, 2018
@UberGeek I know. I've done it before. Thanks.
Show thread💾 UberGeek.bakDec 23, 2018

@Gargron um, ok, being mostly jocular, since I figure you know what you're doing, already.

And, it's never "just that easy", either :P

Show threadEugen RochkoDec 23, 2018
@UberGeek Mostly it's just a high-stress high-risk procedure. And no way around downtime, as after the failover I need to change configs on all machines that connect to it.
Show thread💾 UberGeek.bakDec 23, 2018

@Gargron yeah, it's never "fun" doing that sort of thing. Almost (On a smaller scale) of whenever I run an upgrade on mastodon.

Thankfully, not at the multi-server model yet here.

Show threadEmelia 👸🏻Dec 23, 2018
@Gargron @UberGeek iirc, rails recently gained a feature to help with changeovers, but I can't recall exactly how. Something like multiple connect support
Show thread🔉 Audie ​Dec 23, 2018
@Gargron
oof 💦 all that can be said to that is good luck 😔​