nostr:npub1na0nlms4vlpaluyr0fnur0dfk9ecwcqcxga7vfdg98kghj4h7ntq7yns8j I have three of them. I host a lot on Hetzner. I just want to have some backup processes set up on a separate server etc.
nostr:npub1spe0y44ygqfg0l829kqyqg46xkhrxt6mke8zc3c2v6e8zk509quqkvh9r5
nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2 nostr:npub1spe0y44ygqfg0l829kqyqg46xkhrxt6mke8zc3c2v6e8zk509quqkvh9r5 hetzner is really awesome. They’re not your average Hoster. There’s a great video from a guy visiting their data centers showing their custom solutions for cooling, hardware testing etc. Unfortunately it’s in German but maybe it’s still interesting to have a peek inside maybe with automatic translated subtitles:
nostr:npub1na0nlms4vlpaluyr0fnur0dfk9ecwcqcxga7vfdg98kghj4h7ntq7yns8j Yes, Mastodon is resource intensive. You don't need a dedicated server necessarily if you optimize your cloud servers well. I have four servers for Mastodon: One for Puma and Sidekiq, one for PostgreSQL, one for ElasticSearch, one for backups.
nostr:npub1spe0y44ygqfg0l829kqyqg46xkhrxt6mke8zc3c2v6e8zk509quqkvh9r5
nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2 nostr:npub1spe0y44ygqfg0l829kqyqg46xkhrxt6mke8zc3c2v6e8zk509quqkvh9r5 check out hetzner storage box for backups!
nostr:npub1na0nlms4vlpaluyr0fnur0dfk9ecwcqcxga7vfdg98kghj4h7ntq7yns8j Yes, Mastodon is resource intensive. You don't need a dedicated server necessarily if you optimize your cloud servers well. I have four servers for Mastodon: One for Puma and Sidekiq, one for PostgreSQL, one for ElasticSearch, one for backups.
nostr:npub1spe0y44ygqfg0l829kqyqg46xkhrxt6mke8zc3c2v6e8zk509quqkvh9r5
nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2 nostr:npub1spe0y44ygqfg0l829kqyqg46xkhrxt6mke8zc3c2v6e8zk509quqkvh9r5 yeah dedicated was misleading, I meant a server that doesn’t host or do anything else. Doesn’t need to be bare metal, can be cloud as well. 👍
I have this weird urge to try and set up an own instance myself. Just to see if that works.
With Akkoma - which I like a lot more than the Mastodon interface.
I found the Akkoma installer on Yunohost, and Hetzner has very nice rates.
Hmmm...
nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2 Would you know what kind of mess I'd get myself into? (Answer only when you have time, this is NOT urgent at all.)
nostr:npub1spe0y44ygqfg0l829kqyqg46xkhrxt6mke8zc3c2v6e8zk509quqkvh9r5 nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2 I’ve been hosting both mastodon and akkoma and I have to say it’s like night and day. I switched to akkoma (first Pleroma) roughly a year ago and it’s been really smooth sailing. I run it on a little router box and have no performance problems whatsoever, updates are super easy and it’s very stable overall. Mastodon on the other hand took up a huge amount of resources on a server that I used for other stuff as well. I think for mastodon you will need a dedicated server (or multiple ones) doing only that: serving mastodon.