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Would there be any benifit to host another instance?
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this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
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How much storage does it take to host your own instance that’s federated with large servers? I am really curious about hosting my own instance but I don’t really understand how the storage works and don’t want my computer filled with thousands of strangers comments.
If you're the only user on your instance, your server will only know about and fetch from communities you're personally subscribed to. If there's a second user, add the communities that user is subscribed to, etc.
In the month I've been running my server, I have accumulated about 8GB of data. I've subscribed to about 30 communities or so, but my server only has be actively using it.