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Install Beta or Stable on Alma 9 and a few other questions?

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  1. Dec 18, 2024 #1
    Dannymh

    Dannymh New Member

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    • CentOS Version: Almalinux 9
    Hi all. I am running up a new server on Vultr high frequency and moving off of linode which I have kind of outgrown and not been thrilled with response times.

    I have a few questions on what way I should go.

    My xenforo site has a 3.2GB database and on linode I have had terrible TTFB at 1.9 seconds and no amount of tuning helps, I am running on a 2 core 4gb linode dedicated CPU, in busy times however I keep bursting over 100%

    Looking at everything here, it appears High Frequency Vultr should help with this.
    My questions:

    - Is it safe or advised to run the beta branch or is it better to be on 1.3 stable?
    - Currently my website is quiet and things will pick up with the Rugby League season in February, I was thinking of going for the $28 vultr and live upgrade to the $48 3 core plan if needed later, my concern here, is that from memory centmin mod tunes to the server at install time and that means I wont see significant improvement or I will have to re-tune. Am I therefore better to jump straight to the 3 core $48 plan?

    [quick version]
    Should I use the beta or stable branch on Alma9

    Am I better to jump to the higher server first, or hotswap later?

    Cheers
    Dan
     
  2. Dec 18, 2024 #2
    Jon Snow

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    I use stable because I don't need the extra features from beta.

    I would start off with the higher server if I'm expecting high traffic spikes.
     
  3. Dec 18, 2024 #3
    Jon Snow

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    If you're concerned about the price, check Hetzner out too.
     
  4. Dec 18, 2024 #4
    eva2000

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    How are you measuring TTFB ? On front end at least if you use Cloudflare, read my TTFB optimization guide at https://community.cloudflare.com/t/improving-time-to-first-byte-ttfb-with-cloudflare/390367/. For backend, would depend on server hardware specs and software configuration including how many CPU threads you have to service requests.

    Centmin Mod stable vs beta is similar to have Nginx does 1.26 stable vs 1.27 mainline dev versions. Stable doesn't get the latest and greatest immediately and only would get updates if there are breaking bug or security fixes that are major. Minor bug issues might not get immediate update in Centmin Mod stable. Centmin Mod beta gets all the latest features, minor and major bug and security fixes ASAP via cmupdate command. As such Centmin Mod 140.00beta01 generally works well just you're living on more bleeding edge configuration.

    As to configuration, generally more CPU threads available the better for server performance particularly for Nginx, PHP-FPM and if you want better TTFB metrics. The more CPU threads you have to potentially service Nginx and PHP-FPM concurrent requests = better TTFB metrics.
     
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    MaximilianKohler

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    I've had no apparent issues with beta. Been using it for over a year.
     
  6. Dec 20, 2024 #6
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    With that said then would I be better off with a high performance 8 core rather than a high frequency 3 core?
     
  7. Dec 20, 2024 #7
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