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Are you ready for the day the internet splits?
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Alternatively, create your own private intranet and/or become a P2P node in something like YaCy, peer tube etc.
You can self host a lot (and I mean a lot) of what people think of as "the internet" using a busted $20 laptop and some decent storage.
I'd say you can get a really decent slice of the internet in 10-15TB of storage if you have the technical know how.
It would be very private. I'd be the sole participant.
Could be. No more or less than a very large library of books.
Plus, you wouldn't have to be 100% Robinson Crusoe-ing . Peer-to-peer networks, mesh radio and sneakernet would still exist in that hellscape.
Still, for nerd fun, I paper-napkin'ed the maths last night with the aid of clankers. Here's how I'd make an “internet in a box”.
Reference: 1–2TB
Zimit might fit roughly 100,000 ordinary web pages into 100GB. Kiwix server could serve the ZIM archives (inc websites), while Recoll could provide Google-like full-text search across the wider library of websites, books, manuals and documents.
Other Software: 1–2TB
Media and education: 5–10TB
AI and search: 100–500GB
Community and nerd nonsense: 100–500GB
(That last category has little survival value, but probably considerable morale value)
So, roughly:
Twelve to eighteen terabytes would give you a decent slice of "the internet". Get a 3D printer while you're at it for the ultimate off grid chic.
Can confirm. Hosting a large media collection, 500.000 books, offline Wikipedia, tons of offline game installers, and it all fits into 5 TB.
Got a used 10 TB HDD in very good condition for just $120, plan on buying a second one for redundancy.
Also, a 3D printer and a bunch of useful models are certainly on my future list.