smug horse noises :3
on a more serious note though, that database was running pretty old hardware and a fairly poor SSD. We also made some config changes to utilize ram a lot more effectively. I'm really glad it worked out because honestly we weren't sure it was a hardware limitation or not.
now that we've got the hardware problems fixed and node 2 back online, I'm probably going to start looking into hosting a pixelfed instance. Seems like a fun use of hardware :3