From e1315e273079ac415826d50fb72516cbcdec79c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul van Tilburg Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 21:18:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add post about the big move --- _posts/2023-12-04-big-move.md | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2023-12-04-big-move.md diff --git a/_posts/2023-12-04-big-move.md b/_posts/2023-12-04-big-move.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f7524e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2023-12-04-big-move.md @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +--- +title: Big Move +layout: post +--- + +As you all have noticed, we have successfully moved our servers from the Dutch +hoster [Bitency](https://bitency.nl/) to a dedicated server at the German +hoster [Hetzner](https://www.hetzner.com/) a few weeks ago. + +## Why? And does this mean? + +We wanted, but couldn't upgrade our servers at our old hoster because they +stopped offering the dedicated server hosting service. So, with this move, we +got our upgrade! The servers have more RAM and disk space now and finally use +SSDs instead of spinning HDDs which makes our services, IMAP and Matrix in +particular, _much_ more responsive. + +If you are hosting email services with us, nothing has changed and everything +should still be working. + +If you are hosting web pages or services, you'll need to update your DNS +records! Perform the following replacements for all records that match the IP +address on the left: + +- A: `37.72.100.21` → `195.201.166.132` +- AAAA: `2a00:8240:5:10::21` → `2a01:4f8:13a:ee3::4` + +## What's next? + +With more memory and disk space available, we are planning to move the +[Nextcloud](/services/nextcloud.html) service "Luon Cloud" from Void (at Paul's +home) to Torus (at the data center). It will make the service more responsive, +more reliable and not bothered by internet connection or hardware outages. + +This rather complex migration will happen over the next few weeks and it can be +intermittedly unavailable. If the service seems down for a while, or you are +unsure whether the service should be working properly, check our +[status page](https://status.luon.net/status). + +We will start with a partial move first. That is, the service will move to +Torus, but all your data will stay on Void. This is because we don't have +hundreds of GBs available for y'all to use on Torus (yet). However, later, we +will probably move the data to a storage server at Hetzner too.