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What is a feasibility to implement IPFS for lemmys image hosting? (szmer.info)
submitted 1 year ago by Ludrol@szmer.info to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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We have a bunch of instances hosting basically the same images multiple times. Using IPFS we could increase the availability of images for users with almost no cost to instances. I have heard rumors that pict-rs can't be easily scaled up due file system based storage and would need a rewrite.

I think Fediverse is major thing where using IPFS on the decentralized network makes sense.

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[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The images that don't originate on your instance are only temporarily cached. Pict-rs can use object storage which provides virtually unlimited space and is cheaper.

[–] hitagi@ani.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How long are they cached for? I still have cached images from over 2 months ago.