The server is cheaper since it's at a lower service level (we have to arrange our own backup space, and outbound IPv4 bandwidth is lower; this shouldn't be an issue) and the E5-1630 v3 inside is a year older than the Xeon-D 1541, despite being ~40% faster. 64GB quad-channel DDR4 should be sufficient to keep Flayrah and soon™️ WikiFur's DB access fast, once read from 4x2TB HDD. I'd hoped to be able to move to SSD, but they're a bit small, and having SSD and HDD is reserved to more expensive servers.
Another two years, another server move! Same place, different servers. Here's a comparison of the new and now-old CPUs.
The server is cheaper since it's at a lower service level (we have to arrange our own backup space, and outbound IPv4 bandwidth is lower; this shouldn't be an issue) and the E5-1630 v3 inside is a year older than the Xeon-D 1541, despite being ~40% faster. 64GB quad-channel DDR4 should be sufficient to keep Flayrah and soon™️ WikiFur's DB access fast, once read from 4x2TB HDD. I'd hoped to be able to move to SSD, but they're a bit small, and having SSD and HDD is reserved to more expensive servers.