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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thank you very much for your comment. This gives me somewhere to
start.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Brett Evanson</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:brettev@gmail.com">brettev@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jamie
Meredith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> support@drupal.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [support] VPS/Dedicated hosting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>My experience with a cpanel/whm
based VPS is that 256 megs of ram is just barely enough for a cold
install. I have been running on 512 meg system for over a year
through <a href="http://asmallorange.com">asmallorange.com</a> and have been
very satisfied. Some would pooh pooh the use of a control panel for a
VPS, but for me it makes life much easier. It does though cause some
overhead that other systems do not have. I recently compared the
server specs of ASO to Bryght and found that I was better sticking with where I
am at. Though I will say that ASO is not going to be nearly as helpful
with Drupal related stuff as Bryght would be. I like having the ability
through ASO to rebuild Apache whenever some strange system requirement comes
along. Over all it has been very stable. Occasionally you have the
odd issue where someone else on the appliance is hogging disk time which causes
server loads to rise, but other than that it is not a big deal. Unless
you are planning for huge levels of traffic in the very short term I would
start off with a VPS. I should also note that you can reduce the over
head of your VPS by disabling services which may get you in under the 256 meg
window for the cheaper VPS plan. Just my two cents!<br>
<br>
Jamie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Jan 29, 2008 1:18 PM, Brett Evanson <<a
href="mailto:brettev@gmail.com">brettev@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>I'm trying to decide between dedicated hosting and a VPS setup. Make sure I
understand this correctly. In both cases, you can control your mysql
connections, and you get all of them, so that won't change. The thing that
changes between a VPS and a dedicated server is the amount of RAM and CPU that
you are given, right? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Having said that, for a site that isn't media intensive (mostly flat page),
how am I to gauge how much RAM/CPU I need, especially when the numbers for
expected visitors is obviously throwing a dart at a board? Is there any general
rule of thumb for how many page views/users/hits translates into xxx RAM/CPU
requirements? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I understand this is a almost ridiculous question, as it is difficult to
pinpoint something like this, but am I able to expect hundreds of users on a
VPS? Thousands? 20? Any direction would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>--</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Brett Evanson</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:brettev@gmail.com"
target="_blank">brettev@gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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