feddit.de has been giving “Server error” for some time but I read that the server is still working when using a Lemmy app. Tried the Photon front-end today and choosing feddit.de as instance.

My question (I’m just curious, I have no account on feddit.de) is : Can an alternative front-end on their server co-exist with the other server software ? I guess it would be a matter of installing Photon and then point nginx configuration to that. Or am I missing something crucial ?

  • Victor@lemmy.world
    3·
    5 months ago

    hard drive filled up completely from image uploads, which in turn corrupted the database

    This is so baffling to me. How does this happen? There needs to be checks in place so that this can’t happen ffs lol. No space left on the device to complete the write? Abort. Or like, starting to run out of space => stop accepting new content until fixed, to protect the integrity of the data. Something.

    Anyway, I hope they manage to find a solution to sharing the load of work! 🙏😌

    • KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world
      3·
      5 months ago

      You can set up safeguards against this. You can also make sure some of your backups are never overwritten. But you have to do it in advance.