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   David (formerly Zalasur) (zalasur@mastodon.surazal.net)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 03:33:40 JST David (formerly Zalasur)

   I've got a few months of hosting a #peertube instance and have learned quite a few things. One thing that surprised me was that the cost of storage and network bandwidth was not nearly as much as I thought it was going to be. That being said, the cost of hosting a server capable of handling the CPU loads of transcoding a live #stream turned out to be quite higher than I was expecting.

   I can afford it but it has me looking at what my plans are for the future with an eye towards cost. (cont'd)

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     David (formerly Zalasur) (zalasur@mastodon.surazal.net)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 03:34:17 JST David (formerly Zalasur)

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     Now keep in mind I do this for fun. I do not have any designs to doing this for a living. I play games but I also like to chat with people. So this is basically an expensive hobby for me and I'd like to make sure things don't spiral out of control.

     I use #Linode for hosting and I have no complaints so far. The server hosting is about $48/mo for 4 VCPUs. This is because when I do a live stream, the transcoding process eats up two full CPUs easily.

     That makes up the bulk of the cost. (cont'd)

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 03:38:40 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     That could be of interest to you--experiences of hosting a #peertube instance:

     https://mastodon.surazal.net/@zalasur/111372107964742913