hey #single user #mastodon #instance #admins! I have #questions:
1) How much traffic does your instance consume per month?
I have no limits, but I'd still know stats to be sure - running a tor exit with 4+ TB/month was okay in the network this would be located in.
2) If possible I'd like to know how big your disk usage of Mastodon is - I will never use external services like AWS. From past exchanges with Diaspora admins I know that old instances use large amounts of disk space.
@ng0 Don’t use AWS. Something like Digital Ocean, or Vultr, where the monthly cost is always fixed, so that you know upfront how to pay are better. Then you just add block storage when needed to increase space.
@ng0 I have some friends who self-host and they say that to run optimally performance wise, they opted for the $20/month option with their VPS.
Or https://masto.host can spin you an instance with them, relatively cheaply.
my only concern is disk usage - I pay 2.50€ per 25GB per month. I know the feediverse is big at this point and that the stored data (as little as I know about Mastodon's internals) depends on the world view of my node.
What kind of growth is in there?