Brian ÓGibberfish Social has undergone a major overhaul this weekend.
First, the database has been converted to from MariaDB to PostgreSQL, which has led to a noticeable speed-up in stream loading time.
Second, the single server has been split into two: One which holds the database and user-uploaded content, which uses full-disk encryption. The other runs the Diaspora, Movim, and chat servers and holds no data of its own. Both new servers are ARM64-based systems, which do not have hardware backdoors like those designed into Intel and AMD chipsets.
This is not only a little bit cheaper to run than our old server, but allows us to easily scale by adding more application servers if the need arises. "Cheaper" doesn't mean free, though, so if you enjoy the services provided by this pod, please consider making a donation to help support it. Thanks!
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