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I am using a hetzner.cloud box for €5.88/month for a personal Jitsi instance without problems. There servers are in Europe though, so if you are somewhere else

by phaer 6y ago

I am using a hetzner.cloud box for €5.88/month for a personal Jitsi instance without problems. There servers are in Europe though, so if you are somewhere else on the globe, it might be better idea to look for a provider which is geographically closer to you

martin_a 6y ago
Thinking about doing the same. Any experience with how much load those cloud instances can take?
- phaer 6y ago
  Depends on the instance I guess, but a few dozen users on a cx21 seem to be no trouble at all. As someone else already mentioned in this thread, Jitsi does no transcoding server-side and is pretty low on resources.
  - martin_a 6y ago
    Thanks for the feedback. Estimating resource use for these kinds of service seems to be really hard. Thought about running it semi-public for my homewtown/area to support businesses, but how many of the 350k people will join? Or be concurrent users? Quite a few question marks for me...
    - toomuchtodo 6y ago
      Start small. Failure is cheap. Worst case, you seek out local sponsors for a dedicated server in donated colo somewhere nearby. Even if it doesn’t take off, you’ll have learned from the experience.
      - martin_a 6y ago
        You're right. I'll get this going this evening.
      - phaer 6y ago
        That's a good suggestion as well. If the plan is to run this instance as a non-profit for local users, it might also be possible to ask local ISPs to sponsor a box. That could help keeping traffic local and latencies low.
    - phaer 6y ago
      I am by no means an expert on that topic, but I would assume that while a big cloud instance could go far with regards to CPU and memory, network bandwidth/traffic could quickly become an issue with several 1000 users. Depending on the amount of work you are willing to put into this, you could even start with a load-balanced setup were one or more web servers, jicofos and prosodys are distributing the load to several videobridges. That would make it easier to scale the system up by adding additional instances.
genghisjahn 6y ago
I'm running jitsi meet in a docker container on a Scaleway server in Amsterdam. Had 5 friends use it in the states and it was fantastic. https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/deploy-jitsi-meet-with-docker/ https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/deploy-jitsi-meet-with-dock... Running it on the DEV1-L which is 16 Euro's a month.

by phaer 6y ago

martin_a 6y ago

Thinking about doing the same. Any experience with how much load those cloud instances can take?

phaer 6y ago
Depends on the instance I guess, but a few dozen users on a cx21 seem to be no trouble at all. As someone else already mentioned in this thread, Jitsi does no transcoding server-side and is pretty low on resources.
- martin_a 6y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. Estimating resource use for these kinds of service seems to be really hard. Thought about running it semi-public for my homewtown/area to support businesses, but how many of the 350k people will join? Or be concurrent users? Quite a few question marks for me...
  - toomuchtodo 6y ago
    Start small. Failure is cheap. Worst case, you seek out local sponsors for a dedicated server in donated colo somewhere nearby. Even if it doesn’t take off, you’ll have learned from the experience.
    - martin_a 6y ago
      You're right. I'll get this going this evening.
    - phaer 6y ago
      That's a good suggestion as well. If the plan is to run this instance as a non-profit for local users, it might also be possible to ask local ISPs to sponsor a box. That could help keeping traffic local and latencies low.
  - phaer 6y ago
    I am by no means an expert on that topic, but I would assume that while a big cloud instance could go far with regards to CPU and memory, network bandwidth/traffic could quickly become an issue with several 1000 users. Depending on the amount of work you are willing to put into this, you could even start with a load-balanced setup were one or more web servers, jicofos and prosodys are distributing the load to several videobridges. That would make it easier to scale the system up by adding additional instances.

genghisjahn 6y ago

I'm running jitsi meet in a docker container on a Scaleway server in Amsterdam. Had 5 friends use it in the states and it was fantastic. https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/deploy-jitsi-meet-with-docker/ https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/deploy-jitsi-meet-with-dock... Running it on the DEV1-L which is 16 Euro's a month.