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03-14-2010, 06:57 PM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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How much RAM do I need?
I am currently using a reseller package and am curious about VPS. I am managing 10 websites currently, half of which are powered by WordPress. How much RAM should I go with to run those sites, and hopefully some more in the future?
Thanks.
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03-14-2010, 06:59 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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How busy are the websites? I assume you'll be running a LAMP setup, do you need a control panel?
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03-14-2010, 07:11 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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Yeah it depends on how busy your websites. Generally with 512MB of RAM (and above), that should be enough for VPS to run 10 websites (wordpress).
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03-14-2010, 07:19 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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It sounds like 512-768MB would be ideal for 10 WP sites and cPanel, but again this depends on how big your sites are.
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03-14-2010, 07:20 PM #5Junior Guru
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Wordpress eats resources more then you think. If there are enough plugins, .swfs etc you wont handle the websites with 512 RAM. Of course, the number of visitors is the most important here. If the websites are yours, I'll recommend you to use some cache plugin to get better.
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03-14-2010, 07:54 PM #6Junior Guru Wannabe
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It doesn't sound like I can afford a VPS. Thanks.
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03-14-2010, 08:18 PM #7Web Hosting Guru
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Well don't get too far ahead of yourself there - what's your budget look like?
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03-14-2010, 09:07 PM #8Junior Guru Wannabe
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I would like to stay around $20/month if possible.
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03-14-2010, 09:21 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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It really depends on a few things, do you need management (are you comfortable doing the server admin, security, etc...)? How do you provide your customers with support now? With a VPS you're going to have to do it (in case your reseller provides the support). Do you need Cpanel?
If you need management it's going to be really tough to fit a managed VPS into your budget. Ditto with Cpanel (since it costs $10-15/mo on avg). If you need both a managed account and cpanel then it's not going to happen at around $20/mo.
If your reseller is doing a good job for you what's the motivation on looking for a VPS?
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03-14-2010, 09:21 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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Can you manage the vps yourself? Do you need managed or unmanaged vps?
Do you need cpanel?
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03-14-2010, 09:31 PM #11Junior Guru Wannabe
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Managed with cPanel would be nice. I figured VPS was out of my price range. It just seems that sometimes my WordPress sites are slow. I am not running very many plug-ins and am using a caching plug in. I really don't know much about the server site of hosting. I feel my current host has outstanding support but wonder if another reseller host would offer better site performance. Thanks.
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03-16-2010, 01:33 AM #12Junior Guru Wannabe
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With ISPmanager, it's enough 384Mb for 10WP.
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03-16-2010, 09:52 AM #13Web Host Reviewer
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You may need 1GB, depending on the plugins in use. It's really the plugins that do it.
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03-16-2010, 09:56 AM #14Aspiring Evangelist
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How much activity is going on with the websites you currently have?
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03-16-2010, 10:18 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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It might also be that other websites on the server are causing the server to run slowly.
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03-16-2010, 11:16 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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Go for 512 if you are intending to use cPanel. Otherwise something slightly lower would be sufficient.
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03-16-2010, 02:18 PM #17Junior Guru Wannabe
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The sites don't get that much traffic but one is a music site with live mp3s of my group. Whenever I add more music people usually download or takea listen. That is when the site is busiest.
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03-16-2010, 05:43 PM #18Web Hosting Guru
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Wordpress is a bloated pig before you add plugins. When you do is is almost as bad as Congress.
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03-16-2010, 07:35 PM #19Junior Guru Wannabe
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03-17-2010, 04:53 AM #20Newbie
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Too true ! And thanks for the laugh.
to the OP, every wordpress page view (few plugins) should be a transient load of about 25MB for 0.25 second or so - ie., you can serve 4 pages per second with 25MB of memory used by PHP.
This, combined with the number of page visits that your sites receive, should help you get a rough idea of memory you'd need for acceptable performance.
Add about 50 MB of RAM for a tuned install of MySQL OR about 200 or so for cPanel (includes MySQL + rest of daemons).
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03-17-2010, 04:58 AM #21Newbie
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How much RAM did you need is depending of traffic, even 512MB will be enough but you need to analyze your web sites. Its easy to upgrade RAM, so you can start with lower and buy more if you needed.
Wordpress with plugins need resources, so you need thinks about decreases your load time and setup plugins like WP SuperCache. This is plugin that most people using, caches your page as a static HTML file so when visitor comes to your page, they will get static file instead of the larger normal page.
Also WP Optimize is made for cleanup your database as well as optimize your website.
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03-18-2010, 08:37 AM #22Junior Guru Wannabe
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03-18-2010, 12:19 PM #23Retired Moderator
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Is Drupal better?
I feel my current host has outstanding support but wonder if another reseller host would offer better site performance. Thanks.
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Use that as a guidance to judge how the server is performing.
The sites don't get that much traffic but one is a music site with live mp3s of my group. Whenever I add more music people usually download or takea listen. That is when the site is busiest.
I am currently using a reseller package and am curious about VPS.Last edited by ldcdc; 03-18-2010 at 12:25 PM.
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03-18-2010, 04:00 PM #25Junior Guru
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on a 256mb xen vps I got 20 cms sites on it with no problem except you have to forgo php opcode for 20 individual cms sites which will impact performance. at 512mb my drupal site will outperform a non supercache wordpress site. It can be done with 512mb easily but i wouldn't put my clients through it if you have no experience.
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