If I were to create my own instance federated with all the other instances, as of today, how much data would I be storing, since I would make a copy of all the content?
I know this will vary a lot, but I’m looking for a ballpark figure to have an idea. I don’t think it would be a lot, but I can’t find an estimate anywhere.
Reposted from https://lemmy.world/post/55030 as I think this community is probably a better fit
Im gonna wait before I host a public instance. This is the first experience with an actual bigger user base for most instances.
I would suggest that people don’t just willy nilly start an instance without long term planing for database growth and media storage.
Especially right now when users and communities dont have the ability to migrate between instances. If an instance dies, it takes them all with it.
People should only create public instances if they’re 100% sure that they’re going to keep running it and paying for it.