Round 1 of improvements to our recording servers

We just deployed part 1 of an ongoing huge update that our recording servers will receive. Here are some of the most important changes we made in the first round:

• The recording servers can now make multiple connections to our database at the same time.
• Reduced the number of queries made to our database by implementing a caching mechanism.
• Code optimization and restructuring.
• Made changes to lower the number of duplicate recordings even further. This was already a rare occurrence.
• Better logs with new data to allow us to better keep track of potential issues in the future.

All of these changes mean that our servers will be able to take on much higher recording loads than before for less hardware usage.

Stay tuned for the next round!