At the beginning of this year, we addressed the entire infrastructure to make Gaia future-proof and provide users with a more stable and faster environment. The platform itself has now become scalable, making it easier for us to scale up during busy periods. Using connections of up to 20 Gigabit, users can now upload and download media at 2 to 4 Gigabytes per second.
We have exchanged the storage servers for Azure block storage in the Netherlands. In addition to good service agreements, media is now also safely backed up in three different places (also outside Azure to prevent dependency). In addition, Gaia can now display media even faster. The Media Processor has also been updated and now permanently saves the original file and uses that file to compress images or transcode videos. This ensures that we can always accept the uploads and (in the event of issues) can also deal with them later.
Finally, the platform has been extensively tested and we continue to monitor its performance closely. As a result, it is time for some new functionalities within the platform itself, for which we now fortunately have plenty of room to build further.