TheSmartDude@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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 · 2 years agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-square001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years 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-square0x4E4F@laguna.chatlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoWhich, let’s be honest, is not the case with most instances… not trolling, just saying 🤷.
minus-squareMuddybulldog@mylemmy.winlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAnd one server can host multiple instances 👍
minus-squareTheSmartDude@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoSo servers are sort of batteries for instances/websites, right?
minus-squarePoplar?@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years 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.
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.
Which, let’s be honest, is not the case with most instances… not trolling, just saying 🤷.
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.