Should it be possible to run strfry or nostream on a 2gb cloud instance? Want to run one for my friends without paying 24$ a month for a 4gb instance.

Any other tips for running a high quality relay on the cheap? I do want to self host.

#nostr #relay nostr:npub18kzz4lkdtc5n729kvfunxuz287uvu9f64ywhjz43ra482t2y5sks0mx5sz nostr:npub1qqqqqqyz0la2jjl752yv8h7wgs3v098mh9nztd4nr6gynaef6uqqt0n47m

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The big clouds are generally pretty expensive, particularly on bandwidth pricing. I’d recommend going with a discount provider like hetzner, ovh, or a smaller one. Usually they offer a bit more bang for your buck on older/less reliable hardware with large bandwidth allowances.

I do run one private instance of strfry on a 2 cpu 2gb vps but I had to temporarily upgrade it to have enough resources to build strfry 😂

Haha no kidding. That’s where I got stuck, while running make :)

Super appreciate the tip. This will be for maybe 30-40 people max, so hoping 2gb might be enough for that

2GB is going to be tight! But it’s possible with either. For Nostream you will need to tweak postgresql.conf so it uses <2GB. Search for PGTune.

Thank you!