Aus.Social Admin

  Call to action: I want to buy a dedicated server for aus.social and some of the other fediverse instances to share resources.. and get it COLO'ed in Syd/Melb..

Anybody work in that field? Because everybody rules, I can afford a beefy-ish server on the Patreon money... so I'm looking for newish hardware.

If that's your bag. Message me.

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I'm planning on building a 2U rackmount piece by piece. Maybe grab a AMD EPYC 7601 or newer and just DIY it - Instead of getting the DL380 or something from somebodies second hand pile

Feb 16, 2023 at 2:39amWeb
Show threadGet On The BlowerFeb 16, 2023

@aussocialadmin I think I know of someone at VentraIP, maybe give them a go? They might be keen on the Mastodon market!

Show threadAnAffordableWizardFeb 16, 2023
@aussocialadmin Honestly, I'd be seriously considering something like a Kubernetes cluster rather than the old world hosts and vhosts setup.
Show threadAus.Social AdminFeb 16, 2023
@shayneoneill I've setup plenty of automation on this environment... but once I own the hardware, If I can buy two servers, I could setup full HA using kube.. that might be fun for 2024?
Show threadAnAffordableWizardFeb 16, 2023
@aussocialadmin Its something worth considering. The autoscaling stuff can be amazing when hit with spikes (ie next time spacebaby decides to do something truly fucked with the bird)
Show threadCycling StuFeb 16, 2023
@aussocialadmin I would be suggesting running this past @decryption just for his general experience around the place, and probably knowing who to avoid/where to go ... (also he has been advising a few people lately on getting hardware, and can give you some recommendations on where to go for it)
Show threadCraig AskingsFeb 16, 2023
@aussocialadmin I'd split the difference between DIY and the big brands. Look at Quanta / Supermicro etc.
Show threadAus.Social AdminFeb 16, 2023
@haakon Supermicro is rad.
Show threadCraig AskingsFeb 16, 2023
@aussocialadmin Just keep their BMC well away from the internet. (True for all BMCs/ iLOs / DRACs)
Show threadMaybeMyMonkeysFeb 16, 2023
@aussocialadmin do remember that hardware like DL380s are robust and you can always get spare parts.
Show threadAus.Social AdminFeb 16, 2023
@MaybeMyMonkeys I love those things…. If I can find like 3 of them 2 to use and 1 for parts. I’m in
Show threadseamooseFeb 16, 2023
@aussocialadmin maybe hit up the folks from https://www.micron21.com/enterprise/colocation if Melbourne works for you.
Colocation - Enterprise - Micron21

Show threadLucyFeb 16, 2023
@aussocialadmin pinging @kwf that might point you to the guys that contributed a MicroMirror located in AU (and seeing by the map, in Melbourne) 
Show threadKenneth FinneganFeb 16, 2023
@lucent @aussocialadmin I don't think they do hosting services. http://lchs.mm.fcix.net/
FCIX Micro Mirror

Show threadchrisFeb 16, 2023
@aussocialadmin but the cloud m10
Show threadAus.Social AdminFeb 16, 2023
@Chris AWS sucks.
Show threadKimFeb 16, 2023
@aussocialadmin we build beige 2U boxes for work. happy to post a list of parts if that helps.
We use Ryzen9 24 core machines and scale out with kubernetes. This works because we scale small containers.
Question is, how will the mastodon rails app scale?
The Epyc is going to need lots thread/core, ram and storage too.
Working out that load balancing is the key to scaling out. Previously I rolled out a varnish cache in front out we apps and nginx to terminate SSL. Distribute these too.
ping me?