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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We have to move to object storage to have efficient image storage. We are currently at 70% of our disk storage.

We are sorry for the short notice and we don't know how long it will take though we believe it will take multiple hours.

Small post mortem :

The migration required us to be down - we thought we could run without images
It took much longer than initially anticipated
It broke at close to 2:30AM - 3 hours into the migration and I couldn't fix it so the server has been down doing nothing for hours now
We're booting back up from the backup made before the migration was attempted, we'll try another strategy.

There might've been some data loss in images, we're looking into it. In the meanwhile, if your profile picture or banner is broken, feel free to re-upload them.

Update :

Hi Beeple!

We're trying this again.

This time, Beehaw should remain available though no pictures will be able to be uploaded. The error will likely be weird because Lemmy will think it is possible but we will block the upload from happening.

We'll take a snapshot of the pictures before the migration in 60 minutes at 21:00 UTC - it should take around one hour, do the migration and testing on our own before shipping on Beehaw.

Once we've resolved all these kinks, Beehaw will momentarily go down and then back up with the migration complete without losing any old pictures.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Guess you guys will have to wait a little longer to see my grandma in her latest night gowns...

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

soooooooo... is it done? did it work?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's still going... it's very slow.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

AM or PM?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It was AM, it's already passed and we need to retry because it failed..

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I am utterly ignoranant of technological mumbojumbo. I was just trying to add a pic to the Creative sub, but nothing uploaded. Is that why? Can I stop trying to make it work?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

https://postimages.org/ :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They will ban your IP if you direct link to images and bypass their tracker links. If you use a VPN, be sure to clear your cache before changing your IP or the ban may carry over.

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