I have noticed some questions around whether lemmyrs.org will continue to be up and running for a long time. I'm hopeful that it does.
For full transparency, here's what I'm currently personally paying for:
- lemmyrs.org domain: $12/year, bought on Google domain
- lemmyrs.org vultr instance $7/month:
AMD High Performance 1 vCPU, 1024 MB RAM, 25 GB NVMe, 2.00 TB Transfer
- Emails are sent using zoho mail free tier. If absolutely necessary an additional $2 for two users (admin and noreply) /month would be added.
Total cost (yearly): $96 + (some tax).
As things stand right now ~$100/year is easily affordable but as the number of users grow, it largely boils down to egress and storage costs. I can personally bear most of it, but if it starts booming then I'll have to rethink about options.
Rest assured, we will be here for the long run!
8 Comments
admin@lemmyrs.org · 2 pts · 3y
Looks like https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/146qxzn/building_a_better_rrust_together/jnrtsac/ sparked some incoming user activity.
Took a couple screenshots of the instance's stats:
Containers:
Host file system:
vultr bandwidth:
marshy_dash970@lemmyrs.org · 1 pts · 3y
Just FYI the best deal for a vps I could find was a VPS S at contabo.com For 5.99€ you get a 4vCPU, 8GB RAM machine with 32TB egress traffic, unlimited ingress included. And if I understand it correctly, after 32TB you might just get throttled (I never scratched more than a few hundred MB). Ran a server there for 8 years, never had issues. The management interface is a little old-school... If you'd have to increase your vultr instance type, maybe a migration is also an option.
admin@lemmyrs.org · 1 pts · 3y
Their pricing and reputation is certainly good. However, it seems like they don't have simple full server snapshot support. I think that's mandatory at this point in case of potentially irrecoverable failures.
thilo@lemmyrs.org · 1 pts · 3y
How does one tip/support you?
admin@lemmyrs.org · 1 pts · 3y
Currently we don't have anything setup (we're just too tiny right now). I'm talking to other instance admins about best practices around donations/tips.
I'm looking into Open Collective as the platform to accept donations at some point.
thilo@lemmyrs.org · 0 pts · 3y
Please let us participate/help
admin@lemmyrs.org · 0 pts · 3y
I'll certainly make a post detailing that in a day or two. Just have to be careful about regulations etc.
nerdypepper@lemmyrs.org · 1 pts · 3y
likewise, i would like to see this instance continue running, do make a post if and when you set up something of the sort!