code.dlang.org reliability update

[WebFreak001]

On Monday, 2 March 2020 at 19:17:59 UTC, Sönke Ludwig wrote:
> As of yesterday, code.dlang.org now points to a more powerful 
> dedicated server that can host the DUB registry without the 
> danger of freezing due to excessive swapping - this is what 
> happened on the 26th last month [1].
>
> In addition to that, the server that previously hosted the 
> registry is now used to run an official mirror, reachable at 
> codemirror.dlang.org. This will be configured as a built-in 
> fallback server starting with DMD 2.091.0/DUB 1.12.0 and, at 
> least in theory, will lead to an uptime of virtually 100%.
>
> To make use of the mirror today, it is also possible to 
> configure it in DUB's settings.json as a custom registry:
>
> {
>    "registryUrls": ["https://codemirror.dlang.org/"]
> }
>
> settings.json is found/needs to be created in %APPDATA%\dub\ on 
> Windows and in ~/.dub/ on all other systems. The custom entry 
> should be removed once DUB 1.12.0 is used, to avoid redundant 
> requests in certain situations.
>
>
> [1]: 
> https://forum.dlang.org/thread/ontwwoxuhnoczcokacwm@forum.dlang.org

thank you very much for this Sönke! Is throwing so much more RAM 
(= money) and power (= more money) at it going to be a good 
solution in the long run though?

Is there maybe a plan for remaking the registry architecture like 
adding better supported mirrors and load balancing to it?