diff --git a/Setting-up-a-Hub.md b/Setting-up-a-Hub.md index 14839ec..e975ac9 100644 --- a/Setting-up-a-Hub.md +++ b/Setting-up-a-Hub.md @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ ## Server Setup -### create an aws instance +### create a VPS -We recommend a `c5.4xlarge` instance or equivalent (16 vCPU, 32G RAM, 500GB SSD drive) running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS +We recommend a server running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with 16 vCPU, 32G RAM, and a 500GB SSD drive. As a benchmark, on Jan 2023 this setup costs about $100 a month and uses about 380 gigs of disk space. + +For the setup below we used a `c5.4xlarge` AWS instance, but we've also used this same setup on OVH servers. Most providers should work. -(As a benchmark, on Nov 13, 2022 this setup used 350 gigs of disk space.) ### create lbry user