I realize it's been two weeks since I've posted an update, and I'm sorry for that!
With school starting again and with my contracting the flu (I think), I have been less than alive for the last week and a half. I sincerely apologize for going dark, first to my friends and colleagues at @thewritersblock, and to everyone voting for me as a witness. You deserve to be informed weekly, and I'll endeavor to keep that up. With that apology out of the way, onto business!
My witness servers are both running like tops. Right now, I'm up to 67% memory usage on my main server and 74% on my backup.
What is blowing my mind is how quickly the blockchain is still growing. I upgraded to 32Gb servers in the hope that I wouldn't have to upgrade for a while. And yet, here we are. It's not going to take much longer before I'll need to up my game to 64Gb servers. That's when things are going to get really interesting. I noticed a little bit of a hiccup when server ram maxed out on 16Gb servers last year, but most everyone came back and upgraded. Now we're going to see who's really going to stick it out, I think. A 64Gb dedicated server ain't cheap. That said, I'm fully committed to keeping my witness up and running and upgrading as necessary to keep up with memory demands.
That's it for now! I'll see you all next week!
If you want to vote for me as a witness, cast your vote here! Scroll down until you see this text box and type in my name.
you've got my vote! ;)
Hell, it's about time. I've only been mixing it up on Steemit for over a year now, you bum!
Don't make take that vote away, you ungrateful bastard!
thanks for updating...thanks for sharing...
carry on......
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