[ColinHayhurst]

I realise this is not addressing your second question but you might find it interesting. Post below on server expansion one year ago. We are adding another 100 servers over Christmas and early new year.

https://blog.mojeek.com/2019/12/100-server-build-and-install...

We'll be writing about our tech stack in our next FAQs series; 3 of 4, this is 1 of 4:

https://blog.mojeek.com/2020/11/frequently-asked-questions-a...