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12- [If a client requests each chunk of a video through HTTP, will the server be overloaded?](#if-a-client-requests-each-chunk-of-a-video-through-http-will-the-server-be-overloaded) 12- [If a client requests each chunk of a video through HTTP, will the server be overloaded?](#if-a-client-requests-each-chunk-of-a-video-through-http-will-the-server-be-overloaded)
13- [Will an index of all the videos of servers you follow be too large for small servers?](#will-an-index-of-all-the-videos-of-servers-you-follow-be-too-large-for-small-servers) 13- [Will an index of all the videos of servers you follow be too large for small servers?](#will-an-index-of-all-the-videos-of-servers-you-follow-be-too-large-for-small-servers)
14- [Which container formats can I use for the videos I want to upload?](#which-container-formats-can-i-use-for-the-videos-i-want-to-upload) 14- [Which container formats can I use for the videos I want to upload?](#which-container-formats-can-i-use-for-the-videos-i-want-to-upload)
15- [I want to change my domain name, how can I do that?](#i-want-to-change-my-domain-name-how-can-i-do-that) 15- [I want to change my domain name. How can I do that?](#i-want-to-change-my-domain-name-how-can-i-do-that)
16- [Why do we have to put our Twitter username in PeerTube configuration?](#why-do-we-have-to-put-our-twitter-username-in-peertube-configuration) 16- [Why do we have to put our Twitter username in PeerTube configuration?](#why-do-we-have-to-put-our-twitter-username-in-peertube-configuration)
17- [How video views are calculated?](#how-video-views-are-calculated) 17- [How are video views counted?](#how-are-video-views-counted)
18- [Should I have a big server to run PeerTube?](#should-i-have-a-big-server-to-run-peertube) 18- [Should I have a big server to run PeerTube?](#should-i-have-a-big-server-to-run-peertube)
19- [Can I seed videos with my classic BitTorrent client (Transmission, rTorrent...)?](#can-i-seed-videos-with-my-classic-bittorrent-client-transmission-rtorrent) 19- [Can I seed videos with my classic BitTorrent client (Transmission, rTorrent...)?](#can-i-seed-videos-with-my-classic-bittorrent-client-transmission-rtorrent)
20- [Why host on GitHub and Framagit?](#why-host-on-github-and-framagit) 20- [Why host on GitHub and Framagit?](#why-host-on-github-and-framagit)
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22- [Are you going to support advertisements?](#are-you-going-to-support-advertisements) 22- [Are you going to support advertisements?](#are-you-going-to-support-advertisements)
23- [What is "creation dynamic" and why not modify it?](#what-is-creation-dynamic-and-why-not-modify-it) 23- [What is "creation dynamic" and why not modify it?](#what-is-creation-dynamic-and-why-not-modify-it)
24- [I have found a security vulnerability in PeerTube. Where and how should I report it?](#i-have-found-a-security-vulnerability-in-peertube-where-and-how-should-i-report-it) 24- [I have found a security vulnerability in PeerTube. Where and how should I report it?](#i-have-found-a-security-vulnerability-in-peertube-where-and-how-should-i-report-it)
25- [Does PeerTube ensures federation compatibility with previous version?](#does-peertube-ensures-federation-compatibility-with-previous-version) 25- [Does PeerTube ensure federation compatibility with previous version?](#does-peertube-ensure-federation-compatibility-with-previous-version)
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38content, etc.). 38content, etc.).
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40While a paragraph is not enough to answer all these problems, PeerTube has 40While a paragraph is not enough to answer all these problems, PeerTube has
41very early prouded itself for using a contributory design, both for creating 41very early prided itself on using a contributory design, both for creating
42communities as federated nodes (as [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) for 42communities as federated nodes (as [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) for
43example), and for seeding videos (instances can seed each other's videos). But it's not 43example), and for seeding videos (instances can seed each other's videos). But that's not
44enough because one video could become popular and overload the server. That is 44enough because one video could become popular and overload the server. That is
45why we need to use a P2P protocol to limit the server load. Thanks to 45why we need to use a P2P protocol to limit the server load. Thanks to
46[WebTorrent](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent), we can use BitTorrent 46[WebTorrent](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent), we can use BitTorrent
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107## Should I have a big server to run PeerTube? 107## Should I have a big server to run PeerTube?
108 108
109Not really. For instance, the demonstration server [https://peertube.cpy.re](https://peertube.cpy.re) has 2 vCore and 2GB of RAM and consumes on average: 109Not really. For instance, the demonstration server [https://peertube.cpy.re](https://peertube.cpy.re) has 2 vCores and 2GB of RAM and consumes on average:
110 * **CPU** -> nginx ~ 20%, peertube ~ 10%, postgres ~ 1%, redis ~ 3% 110 * **CPU** -> nginx ~ 20%, peertube ~ 10%, postgres ~ 1%, redis ~ 3%
111 * **RAM** -> nginx ~ 6MB, peertube ~ 120MB, postgres ~ 10MB, redis ~ 5MB 111 * **RAM** -> nginx ~ 6MB, peertube ~ 120MB, postgres ~ 10MB, redis ~ 5MB
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165We have a policy for contributions related to security. Please refer to [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md) 165We have a policy for contributions related to security. Please refer to [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md)
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167## Does PeerTube ensures federation compatibility with previous version? 167## Does PeerTube ensure federation compatibility with previous version?
168 168
169We **try** to keep compatibility with the latest minor version (2.3.1 with 2.2 for example). 169We **try** to keep compatibility with the latest minor version (2.3.1 with 2.2 for example).
170We don't have resources to keep compatibility with other versions. 170We don't have resources to keep compatibility with other versions.