(10-30-2019, 01:03 AM)Labster Wrote: We're trying out a new hosting service, OVH. The first thing we're trying out is a replacement for all of our lizardfs servers, with more storage space, no SSD but RAID 1 for a full 2 TB, and 32 GB RAM. This is kind of overkill for file storage (images, etc), but it's a dedicated server we don't have to share with anyone. But it does cost $40/month more than our previous 6 virtual servers, a little more than doubling.
However if this works out to be more performant and we generally like them, then we will also move the DB servers over there too. That would move to an even more beefy server, which would run either $30 less, or about the same depending on how much we want to overbuild.
The point here is that small a small VPS is a good idea if your service is pretty small, or if you needs change a lot -- adding capacity is easy. But it's looking like dedicated servers are the way to go if you actually need the capacity, and you know what you need on a regular basis. (Another alternative is serverless, but let's not even talk about that for a long established PHP application.)
All of this is to say Miraheze would appreciate your money, as we are trying to slay 503s.
I'd drop some dough in the hat if it means more uptime, and if posting a donate link to do so is needed, I'd like to propose we be willing to do so if required.