Maybe it changed, but IIRC they are using Hetzner
I run lemmy.world on a VPS at Hetzner.
https://lemmy.world/comment/65982
Their infrastructure expenses seem to also suggest VPS
https://opencollective.com/mastodonworld/transactions?kind=EXPENSE
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bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
.world has on-“prem” servers? Noice
Blaze@piefed.zip 2 months ago
Dave@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
I am under the impression it’s dedicated hardware not a VPS, but it’s leased from Hetzner they don’t maintain the hardware themselves.
Blaze@piefed.zip 2 months ago
Ah, could be!
tempest@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
So does .CA
It’s one of the advantages of the being a lot of sys admins and Linux users in this community.
You can run Lemmy pretty comfortably on used servers.
dan@upvote.au 2 months ago
I’m running mine on a ~$30/year VPS. It’s a small instance (just me) but it federates with all the major instances which means it still does a bunch of work (since it has to handle incoming posts and comments from federated servers).
For a medium-sized instance, I imagine you could get pretty far with a single <$100/month dedicated server from Hetzner or a similar provider.
Blaze@piefed.zip 2 months ago
That seems quite cheap, was it a discount? I can’t find a 33$ yearly plan on their website
dan@upvote.au 2 months ago
Yeah, a Black Friday sale.
They do have some deals always available, but the specs aren’t as good as the Black Friday ones: greencloudvps.com/billing/store/budget-kvm-sale
RackNerd also have some deals that are always available on their site. .