James AdamNov 18, 2022

This instance, and most others, will feel a bit slow at the moment, because of the huge onboarding of new users all over the #fediverse.

The nature of the system means that servers are exchanging a huge amount of information as follower lists are imported and statuses transferred, so even if an instance has seen relatively few new accounts, it can still be under high load via requests from other instances.

Show threadJames Adam
I'll be keeping an eye on it, and if it doesn't even out over the next day or so, we will look at what can be upgraded or adjusted to handle the "new normal".
Nov 18, 2022 at 9:16pmWeb
Show threadJames AdamNov 18, 2022
Sidekiq job load trends over the last three months, for illustration. Ruby.social used to be dealing with around 60,000 jobs per day; today it’s going to be over 1,500,000 jobs.
Show threadJames AdamNov 19, 2022

Queues are clear again and so job latency back to zero. The site feels snappier already #subjectivedevops

Thanks to @mastohost for all their hard work!

Show threadVamsi GunturuNov 19, 2022
@james @mastohost TIL that we use masto host! Are we in the 89 per month plan?
Show threadJames AdamNov 19, 2022
@vamsi @mastohost yep, we're on the top plan. And if the growth continues, we may need to shift to a custom one 😅
Show threadAGMSNov 18, 2022
I assume most of those jobs are connecting to a remote system and delivering a message? How’s your network bandwidth doing?
Show threadJohn AthaydeNov 18, 2022
@james is there a Patreon or some other way to support the server?
Show threadJames AdamNov 19, 2022

@johnathayde support details are on the About page, https://ruby.social/about.

Patreon is https://patreon.com/rubysocial 👍

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