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The post shows where the cost is - storage and bandwidth. With IRC servers you're not expected to serve the all the history forever, with a website around it, p
by viraptor 2y ago
The post shows where the cost is - storage and bandwidth. With IRC servers you're not expected to serve the all the history forever, with a website around it, persistent subscriptions, outbound queued notifications, etc. On IRC people also pretty much expect missed messages and splits from time to time. Those are very different services.
- kraftman 2y agoYeah but are those valid reasons? Bandwidth is unlimited for most dedicated servers, and 190 GB for 7 years of data isn't a lot; it could fit on my phone 5 times.
- viraptor 2y ago190GB in the database. That didn't include media. I'm assuming the media part is not served from the same host since that can easily overshadow other traffic.