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emotional_soup_88@programming.dev Joined: 2025-11-22

I'm no programmer but I do know basic networking and computers. I have about 5TB worth of storage (more is to come) to spare, a 1Gbps connection and a public (although dynamic) IP address. Is there any need for hardware contributions, as in, for instance, hosting, doing backups, anything?

reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net Joined: 2024-04-19

It would be especially neat to have something like this for peertube and similar if it’s technically possible

emotional_soup_88@programming.dev Joined: 2025-11-22

There is this:

https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/following-instances#instances-redundancy

poVoq@slrpnk.net Joined: 2022-09-19

You could also look into hosting a distributed Garage cluster for S3 compatible media storage with a few other people. Most fediverse software including Lemmy is compatible with that for image storage etc.

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)