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Does anybody know a cheap way to self-host a Zulip instance with ~200 users? I've looked at cloud vm offerings but they all seem fairly steep for the Zulip har

• mdaniel 3y ago
  I would guess that the ram requirement is because that presumes memcached, postgresql, and redis are all running co-resident with Zulip; if your setup can split those apart (because you have them sized independently, or because your "cloud" offers hosted versions of them) then I'd guess the Zulip container itself will likely get away with a lot less ram As always, my suspicion is that you'll get better help jumping into chat.zulip.org and describing your concerns
  • cloogshicer 3y ago
    Thank you!
• jeroenhd 3y ago
  Contabo offers quite a lot of RAM for not too much money. I'd recommend putting effort into a good backup system (no fancy multi-AZ stuff that makes other server farms so expensive). The $8.50 tier comes with 8GB of RAM, which should be good enough to host 200 users based on the numbers in the setup guide. If not, the $14 plan should definitely cover you. Hetzner is also a popular source of cheap servers. You'll see similar prices there, though they're often a bit higher (but with more options). If you're a real cheapskate, you can try using Oracle's always-free tier. That'll get you 4 ARM cores with about 6GB of RAM each for a total of 24GB if you combine them into one machine. Downside of the free tier: the connection is capped at 50mbps which may become a problem for 200 people.
  • cloogshicer 3y ago
    Thank you!