cross-posted from: https://lemmy.one/post/38848

If anyone here is running an instance on Lemmy, I’d like to know the system requirements recommended. I want to run an instance on a VPS, probably just as an account server.

What type of VPS can I get by on, for just accounts on an instance? How much storage space would I need to do just an “account instance”, and how much would I need for a full instance with maybe a few small communities?

  • PriorProject@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Awesome hardware report. If my instance starts falling over too hard I’m definitely considering setting up my own and this is great info to help me size it properly… though my admins lived through the mastodon twitterpocalypse with 4k signups per hour so if anyone can keep the lights on through this madness I’d think they have the experience to do it.

    • KorgenAEnglish
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      1 year ago

      See I would like to help out if I could and open up my instance since I’m sitting on a lot of unused hardware, but I’m just not really interested in moderating.

      • PriorProject@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Nothing wrong with that, admin’ing an instance is a pretty serious job. I wonder how many instances will fold once they realize what they really signed up for. I lucked out in finding a new Lemmy instance from an experienced mastodon admin team so I have some faith that they’re not in for a rude awakening.