As the question states. I have the skiils and know how to setup a new instsnce and from looking through the documentation its relatively straight forward. Im just wondering would it actually help the fediverse and lemmy as a whole? There seems to already be plenty of instances to choose from. What are your guys thoughts?

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[–] Crow@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How much storage does it take to host your own instance that’s federated with large servers? I am really curious about hosting my own instance but I don’t really understand how the storage works and don’t want my computer filled with thousands of strangers comments.

[–] bionicspud@lemmyverse.org 2 points 1 year ago

In the month I've been running my server, I have accumulated about 8GB of data. I've subscribed to about 30 communities or so, but my server only has be actively using it.

[–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 2 points 1 year ago

If you're the only user on your instance, your server will only know about and fetch from communities you're personally subscribed to. If there's a second user, add the communities that user is subscribed to, etc.