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   Скобиформ :over18: (scobiform@fedi.freakshit.org)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 03:26:51 JST Скобиформ :over18:

   Is 40GB enough space for a small Mastodon instance? Can I reduce the amount of downloaded and cached media? #Mastodon

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     BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 03:26:42 JST BeAware :fediverse:

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     @scobiform that would be really tight and severely limit your reach potential, but it can be done.

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     BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 03:37:37 JST BeAware :fediverse:

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     • AterNox

     @AterNox @scobiform I don't think there's a limit for egress, but they charge like $6 per TB per month.

     It's what I've been doing since I started this instance and never paid more then $2-$3 a month with the maintenance script I run.

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     AterNox (aternox@atergens.com)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 03:37:38 JST AterNox

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     @BeAware@social.beaware.live @scobiform@fedi.freakshit.org you could look into the cloudflare + backblaze design for object storage. That will give you up to 300gb of space I believe.

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     BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 03:48:15 JST BeAware :fediverse:

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     • AterNox

     @nus @AterNox @scobiform well, everything is nuanced.

     1. The bill breakdown for June is attached below.

     2. If you're talking about Mastodon specifically, then yes. Mastodon stores ALL images on the disk or cloud if it's setup. Other Fedi software has options to turn of caching of media so that media is only grabbed when requested.

     3. Yep. I use this script with some personal modifications to prune my storage https://ricard.dev/improving-mastodons-disk-usage/

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     nus (nus@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 03:48:16 JST nus

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     • AterNox

     @BeAware @AterNox @scobiform I'm intrigued...

     1. I would love to see that bill breakdown because you have me very curious

     2. Is the server's overall storage also limited to the stuff that the owner follows, if it's single-user?

     3. Is pruning old content a way to get around these space limits?

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     BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 04:03:58 JST BeAware :fediverse:

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     • AterNox

     @nus @AterNox @scobiform this is JUST media storage. 7gb would not handle a mastodon instance.

     I run mine on DigitalOcean. Started it using their One Click droplets.

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     nus (nus@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 04:03:59 JST nus

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     @BeAware @AterNox @scobiform 7GB sounds really manageable.

     Does this include web hosting or do I still need to find a service for that? I've been messing around with Vultr, but I've barely started to understand how this other kind of storage works or how to properly use it