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BSD/r000t
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oh damn, relays really *are* that busy holy crap that's a lot of statuses

picofarad
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@r000t like a mastodon relay or nostr?

or, and i hesitate to ask, an x.25 packet relay, or APRS...

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@picofarad
I've joined a throwaway domain to a few popular activitypub relays, for as:Public indexing. They are... Busy.

anime graf mays 🛰️🪐
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@r000t @picofarad oh ive got all kinds of those if you need some
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@graf
Relays or throwaway domains?
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BSD/r000t
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@graf
Also what would you recommend for an NVMe dedicated server not in the EU that won't cave to Karens?
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anime graf mays 🛰️🪐
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@r000t @picofarad whats your budget
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@graf
Low to mid double digits, you *know* these losers are gonna try hitting up my clients next, so I gotta budget.

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anime graf mays 🛰️🪐
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@r000t @picofarad well i can get you something in our datacenter. the owner ignores anything from europe and any time he gets a complaint about us he prints it out and puts it on the office wall. what kind of NVMe space are you talking about? consumer grade intel, ryzen/epyc what you need
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@graf
Any processor should be fine, I'd probably be looking at 2x1TB or better for the storage, at least 16GB of memory.

What I really need to do is sit down and actually optimize postgres so I can raise the retention time without raising the time it takes to perform a search. I'd like to have indefinite hashtag search.
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anime graf mays 🛰️🪐
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@r000t @picofarad alright leave this with me for a bit and ill see what i can do, probably have something to quote tonight or in the early am. datacenter is in liberty lake, WA
anime graf mays 🛰️🪐
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@r000t @picofarad bandwidth limits? ECC ram or no?
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@graf
I don't think I'll need more than 1TB of transfer, collection always happens away from the database to prevent IP blocking.

ECC is preferred but not a hard requirement. I'll probably WAL replicate the database to my house.
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anime graf mays 🛰️🪐
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@r000t @picofarad and 55 or less, yeah?
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@graf
Mhm. Though for $55 I'd definitely want nicer specs.

I'm making new crypto wallets for as:Public to accept donos tomorrow.
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anime graf mays 🛰️🪐
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@r000t @picofarad well for 55$ you'd be looking at Intel i5-10500T with 32GB DDR4 and 2x1 u.2 NVMe therabouts. I'll have to check with the owner, he's not answered me yet but with ECC I might be able to swing E3-1245 v5 or E3-1285 v6 tier with 32GB ECC. it depends what they have in stock tbh
anime graf mays 🛰️🪐
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@r000t @picofarad owner asking if the 2x1TB is a hard requirement or if 2TB or greater NVMe works
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@graf
I really want RAID-1 if I'm going to take this seriously, ya know?
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anime graf mays 🛰️🪐
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@r000t @picofarad E3-1270v5 / 32GB DDR4 ECC:

2x 960GB Enterprise NVMe u.2 = 55/mo

2x 800GB NVMe u.2 = 45/mo

normal price would be 75-80 but that's what i can offer
anime graf mays 🛰️🪐
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@r000t @picofarad keep in mind this leaves two sff free so you can put in ssd's, 5TB hdd (backup whatever) @ 5-10$/mo each
picofarad
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@r000t @graf to put things in perspective we pay ~$300 for this server. it isn't colo; it is metal and we have a /24 attached to it (BYOIP). Used to colo but we got kicked out for using too much power lol

anime graf mays 🛰️🪐
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@picofarad @r000t /24 in this market is worth 240 on its own at ~1$ per IP. that's cheap and you should keep it
anime graf mays 🛰️🪐
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@r000t @picofarad i was talmbout subdomains but i used to run the biggest relay (relay.fedi.agency) but turned it off. if i turn it back on like 1500-1600 should eventually resub automatically, i think
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@graf
Um.... Right now a:P is meant to be a relay *client* I'd have to look at what changes I'd need to make for it to be a relay server. I don't think I'd actually have it send statuses back out, sounds like a lot of traffic.
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picofarad
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@graf @r000t i bet they would bring my misskey server to its knees