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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 29, 2008 1:18 PM, Brett Evanson <<a href="mailto:brettev@gmail.com">brettev@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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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? </p>
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<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? </p>
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<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.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Brett
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:brettev@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">brettev@gmail.com</span></a></span></p>
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