@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>One thing about Akkoma that can cause you problems when hosting it is —</p><p>It stores media in the databases.</p><p>Including caching the profile images and profile headers from random people on the Fediverse.</p><p>This can cause your storage-drive to fill up.</p><p>I've seen 40% or more of the storage-drive taken up by this caching.</p><p>See also:<br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/@reiver/114019537398771505" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@reiver/114019</span><span class="invisible">537398771505</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Akkoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Akkoma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AkkomaAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AkkomaAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeSo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FediAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediCache" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FediCache</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediverseAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FediverseAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenSocial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pleroma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pleroma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PleromaAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PleromaAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceHostBTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceHostBTS</span></a></p>
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>1/</p><p>I can tell you from experience of hosting many people's Fediverse server instances for a number of years now that —</p><p>Many Fediverse software (at least currently) do a poor job of cleaning-up their various caches</p><p>Caching other people's profiles, images, posts, etc</p><p>And, this often ends up filling up the storage drive</p><p>And as a result, this is a very common thing that causes down-time for people. Probably the most common</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeSo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FediAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediCache" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FediCache</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FediDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediDevs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FediDevs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceHostBTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceHostBTS</span></a></p>
Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers<p>Now that the <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Fedicache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedicache</span></a> is working, I probably should make some more content.</p><p>I have a strong feeling that won't be happening, at least on the MajorLinux side of things, until January 20, 2025.</p><p>Lord, give me strength!</p>
Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers<p>Thanks to everyone who boosted.</p><p>It seems like the <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Fedicache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedicache</span></a> is working!<br><a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux/113422241951107598" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlin</span><span class="invisible">ux/113422241951107598</span></a></p>
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