how much does running a mastodon instance of 1000 users costs? Disabling Images and allowing only text is one of my condition. So if I do that, will that change cost? I am thinking of a VPS so that i can have greater control over instance functionality
How much Storage and RAM will be required roughly?
16 Comments
rglullis@communick.news · 15 pts · 1y
Why do you want to run an instance for that many people? Do you have 1000 people already, or is that just a number that you decided to work with? Why would people be interested in joining an instance with less functionality than the bigger ones?
Also: does it have to be Mastodon, or would you consider other alternatives? Pleroma and GoToSocial would be a lot easier to manage.
sartaj@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
It is number of people necessary for instance to be functional as intended. I am trying to run an instance where only people verified using legal Documents should be able to post, comment, vote. That is to increase transparency and keep spammers away. I Intend it to be a political website I will read about GoToSocial and Pleroma
rglullis@communick.news · 9 pts · 1y
I'd guess that whoever would be willing to give you copies of legal documents just to join an "exclusive" instance would also be okay with contributing a few bucks per month to pay for its costs.
poVoq@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 1y
https://masto.host/
To give you ballpark figures. Self-hosting will not save you much compared to that.
Software like Akkoma or GoToSocial will save you some CPU and RAM costs, but are more optimized for smaller instances.
roofuskit@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Storage costs should be pretty low for an instance very few would want to use.
sartaj@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
suppose I kidnap 1000 people and force them to use mastodon without images, how much will it cost then? jk
roofuskit@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
In all seriousness, we can't really give a cost estimate because you haven't given us your hosting scenario. Are you hosting on your own hardware, on a VPS, or using a provider that specializes in hosting Mastodon servers?
sartaj@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
I am thinking of a VPS so that i can have greater control over instance functionality
roofuskit@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
https://paulstamatiou.com/hosting-your-own-mastodon-server#choose-how-youd-like-to-host
Digital Ocean is used as an example because they have a quick setup Mastodon option. It looks like $14/mo minimum if you're going to run Elastisearch. Without that tool in memory you might get away with 1GB of memory which is $7/mo. But the author also notes that with Elastisearch his VPS uses about 2GB of ram so he's actually running the 4GB $21/mo plan.
Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com · 3 pts · 1y
Even without images, you'll still need quite a bit of space. I'm not sure 50GB would cut it for 1000 semi-active users. Also you'll need to pay for the domain name.
roofuskit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
@sartaj@lemmy.world important information above.
sartaj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Thanks!!
roofuskit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
He also explains how to offload storage to another service for $5 a month if you want to add images back in.
OmegaLemmy@discuss.online · 4 pts · 1y
10 to 50 dollars, 400 GB, upgrade later if need be with other services, I think 4gb of ram is enough
OmegaLemmy@discuss.online · 3 pts · 1y
Oh no images? 4 dollars, maybe 2 with no space 2 or 4 cores and 1 or 2gb ram
MITM0@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Speaking of mastodon, any recommendations on lightweight & featureful Android apps for Mastodon ?? (I understand that this may not be the right post to ask, but still....)