How does image uploading work on Lemmy? (vlemmy.net)

submitted 2 years ago by Silviecat44@vlemmy.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When you upload an image in the URL bar when creating a post, where does it go? Are they hosted on the respective Instance of the community?

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[-] majorswitcher@lemmyfly.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yes. running a server costs money. I have lemmyfly.org running just 2 days now on digitalocean using a cheap 1GB ram, 25GB diskspace and 1000GB bandwidth for $7,- a month. Storing images on the server will eventually take up all space and bandwidth meaning you have to upscale -> pay more.

Using a different location for storing images and/ or videos is best to offload the instance !

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