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Asklemmy - what specs for a self-hosted Lemmy instance?
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this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2023
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This is like asking how long a rope is.
It all depends on how many users you have making requests daily.
If the instance is only for you then you could host it at home on a $50 Raspberry Pi.
Not exactly, it's a valid question because it's not really obvious what actions cause an increase in resource usage. How much data is generated by federating with an instance? Does Lemmy mirror any community a user subscribes to? For how long is data from other instances kept? Does the instance commenting or the instance hosting the post store comments under that post? I don't know how Lemmy works in that regard, it might be that a million users can use a raspi if they're only subscribed to the same few communities.
I am hoping to host an instance with one community to which anyone can subscribe but on which I will be the only user (as admin). Would my Raspberry Pi 4 suffice?