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How do server upkeep costs look like for fediverse stuff? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm pretty new to the fediverse, and I find the idea amazing. But one thing concerns me though. How will server owners be able to afford to run servers with massive amounts of data coming through them? Theoretically speaking, if a Reddit migration were to happen how would server upkeep costs look like?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Will databases grow huge on all instances if we get a hugh amount of extra users that create tons of content? I mean, if lemmy.world explodes, will all small instances need to follow?

I don’t want to know how large the database of, let’s say Reddit, actually is.

Or am I getting this fediverse thingy wrong again?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don’t want to know how large the database of, let’s say Reddit, actually is

Too bad! There's an archive project (from r/DataHoarder) working now to grab what can be grabbed. So far its up to 3.01PB.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But that's including media, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I suspect so. The complete reddit archive from PushShift (text only up to March 2023) is about 2TB.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank goodness for people like this. I can point this out to my wife the next time she questions the new hard drives and show her how completely reasonable I am compared to some.