Hi all, a shout-out for assistance. I’m considering hosting a Lemmy instance (assuming I can pass the wife test on costs) and I’m looking for some guidance on specs.
Can anyone who’s currently hosting an instance (or who knows the inner workings of one) please reply with:
- specs on the hardware / VPS that’s hosting your instance
- how many users / posts that’s supporting
- what the system load looks like with the above
- if locally hosting, the type of bandwidth requirements you’re seeing
Thank you!!
@ParanoidPizzas
In my case, a Raspberry pi4 or a mini pc with 4 gigaram 4 cores, 128 gigabytes of ssd hard drives and the like is just fine to start with.
I would have the remote management done by Virtualmin on Linux Ubuntu server or on a virtual machine with KVM.
Self hosting is fine for personal solutions with closed registrations or a few users limited to their family or trusted friends.
Bandwidth is limited by your telephone provider.