Show HN: A free, privacy preserving, archive of public Discord servers

Re:Show HN: A free, privacy preserving, archive of public Di... by searchcord on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @12:58AM (#44037948)

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.

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Re:Show HN: A free, privacy preserving, archive of public Di... by uniqueuid on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @01:26AM (#44038077)

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).

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Re:Show HN: A free, privacy preserving, archive of public Di... by searchcord on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @01:32AM (#44038103)

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!

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Re:Show HN: A free, privacy preserving, archive of public Di... by hofrogs on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @01:04AM (#44037984)

Thanks for this. Well good luck with keeping it up, it's a really useful service.

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