We've noticed that our OG datacenter (elfhosted.com) in Germany sometimes surfaces speed issues for EU users over the weekend. The cause is likely the popularity of Hetzner's Falkenstein datacenter, and congestion on the peering between Hetzner and residential EU ISPs. We've even seen some UK-based Elfies migrate to one of our US datacenters for better (more consistent) performance, at peak times.

In an attempt to alleviate this peak-slowdown issue for some EU users, we've established a second datacenter in Hetzner's less-popular-but-still-well-connected datacenter in Helsinki, Finland, named "elfhosted.haus", to represent a warm, inviting wood cabin in the snow.

Elfhosted.haus is live now, and a few users have already migrated to it, but be aware that there may be teething issues as we bring on load.

To find out whether you're a good candidate for an elfhosted.haus migration, visit https://speed.elfhosted.com - the speed test will try to auto-pick your closest datacenter to test, but you could test them all (especially at peak time), and make a decision about which one suits you best. The datacenter you're currently on is the one whose URL matches your apps URL, with all users defaulting to elfhosted.com in Germany.

Remember to follow the instructions about backups and environment variables before migrating, and drop us an #elf-help ticket in Discord if you're unsure or need more information!