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These questions were drawn from the #pub-help channel, viewed from the perspective of @mycognosist and spanning approximately 2 years.

Note: list is incomplete and loosely grouped for now

What are the minimum hardware requirements for running a pub?
Disk space
- How much is required?
- At what rate will usage increase?
- When can usage expect to stabilize?
CPU & memory usage
- How much is being used?

Local peers
- Who am I connected to?
- Which pubs am I syncing with?
Replication
- How many hops away will my pub replicate?
- How can I increase / reduce the replication reach?
Users / peers
- How many people follow my pub?
- How many people is my pub following?
- How can I unfollow / block a peer / account?
Discovery
- Once my pub is running, how can I publish / share discovery details?
Sync
- How often will my pub sync with peers?
- How can I be sure my pub is syncing successfully?

Public IP & port
- How can I check / configure these details?
- Is it possible to proxy a pub to be able to listen to a port that is common with an HTTP server?
Connections
- How many incoming & outgoing connections is my pub experiencing?
- Who / where / what am I connected to?
NAT
- How can I ensure local network users are able to reach my pub behind a NAT?
Bandwidth
- How much is required?
- Is there a per-user average?
CJDNS / Yggdrasil
- How can I configure my pub to route in this way?
- How can I limit routing to IPv4 / IPv6 / CJDNS / Yggdrasil?

Slow response
- How many peers is too many?
- Why else might my pub be responding slowly?
Crashes and error reporting
- What's the best way to report a crash or error?
- What info should I submit?
- Who can I contact to request assistance?

Backups
- What files / info should I backup to allow recovery from hardware failure?