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How much does it cost to run an instance? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by buda@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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Just curious how much it would cost to run an instance? Maybe with 1,000-10,000 users? Also are there any hosts that ya'll recommend? I am most familiar with Digital Ocean but DO may not be the best area to host an instance.

Apologizes if this is the wrong community to post this in. I am not sure where to find any info on pricing estimates

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[–] PenguinLover@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I have no idea about minimum requirements to get off the ground, but lemmy.ml mods recently made this post: https://lemmy.ml/post/1234235 in wich they state they use a dedicated server with 6 cores/12 threads and 32 gb ram.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

One of the devs comments in that thread specifically notes the price. It’s 60 euros a month for the dedicated server this is running on. https://lemmy.ml/comment/577040

Server pricing isn’t linear though so smaller instances wouldn’t necessarily be proportionally smaller in price.

[–] Pechente@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah I think this is the best „benchmark „ we have. Seeing how active this instance is and hoe it still struggles to keep up despite the specs.

It seems these specs are barely enough to run an instance the size of lemmy.ml

[–] TheFrenchGhosty@lemmy.pussthecat.org 1 points 2 years ago

So 30€/month for the biggest instance basically. That's cheap, nice.