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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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