That's a lot of compute, how much does it cost to keep it running? I don't see how that project would generate any income on its own
That's a lot of compute, how much does it cost to keep it running? I don't see how that project would generate any income on its own
I already own the hardware, so I only pay for colocation and transit. It's probably a lot less than you think. I hope to find some way to monetize it, but it is cheap enough that I can keep it running for quite a long time without any income.
Wow, that must be quite expensive! You said the files alone are a few PB. So at least 2PB / 8 servers ~= 250TB per server, which would probably put each server at > 20k $ (unless you’re putting it together with duct tape and scraps, but even then the disks will cost a ton).
Hey,
Not exactly. Attachments are only fetched from Discord as the user requests them. This means that the vast majority of attachments are never stored on my server. Right now, I only have about 280TB of attachments locally on my own infrastructure. You can see more stats here: https://searchcord.io/about
Thanks for your question!
Thanks for this. Well good luck with keeping it up, it's a really useful service.