TheSmartDude@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHow many fediverse websites are there?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow many fediverse websites are there?TheSmartDude@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-square001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThey are called instances. One instance can have multiple servers as backup. Example: An instance can have a server in New York State and California, if the New York server caught fire, they can redirect you to the California backup server.
minus-squareMuddybulldog@mylemmy.winlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAnd one server can host multiple instances 👍
minus-squareTheSmartDude@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSo servers are sort of batteries for instances/websites, right?
minus-squarePoplar?@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoYoure right. “Servers” are just computers that do all the work behind a website. But when it comes to lemmy people sometimes use “server” and “instance” to refer to the same thing: what lemmy.ml, lemmy.world, and others are.
minus-square0x4E4F@laguna.chatlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhich, let’s be honest, is not the case with most instances… not trolling, just saying 🤷.
They are called instances. One instance can have multiple servers as backup.
Example: An instance can have a server in New York State and California, if the New York server caught fire, they can redirect you to the California backup server.
And one server can host multiple instances 👍
So servers are sort of batteries for instances/websites, right?
Youre right. “Servers” are just computers that do all the work behind a website.
But when it comes to lemmy people sometimes use “server” and “instance” to refer to the same thing: what lemmy.ml, lemmy.world, and others are.
Which, let’s be honest, is not the case with most instances… not trolling, just saying 🤷.