how big could my instance get if I get a VPS with 1 Core, 2GB RAM, 30GB SSD

maybe 100 users max?

@igeljaeger 30 max probably, after that you will start to either run out of bandwidth/database space/upload space or have the cpu maxed out because some queries and the html sanitizer are still not very efficient

@rin what specs would I need for 100 users

@igeljaeger you will certainly need a bigger drive for uploads since pleroma can't into compression, but for the database 30GB should be fine if you don't forget to prune and vacuum full (can be done online with pg_squeeze or pg_repack) it regularly. for everything else, can't tell since I never had that much users, 1 core and 2 gigs certainly isn't enough though. I would use a host that has flexible storage and just scale up storage/hardware if it turns out not to be enough.

@rin @igeljaeger compression when

@maxim @igeljaeger when somebody codes it :D

@rin @maxim @igeljaeger what would it be for, itâs mostly jpegs and so on anyway, no?

@pony @rin @igeljaeger uncompressed serving non-progressive jpegs on a social content-rich service used from mobile is a crime against humanity.

And users donât care enough (even if aware) to optimise before upload.