Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Dedicated Server : How much RAM would i need for 6GB bandwidth per day

[durkaman]

The title says it all.. i have a website which transfers around 6GB bandwidth per day. There usually are 5000 Unique hits and 10000 to 15000 pageviews per day. I'm using i7 Core2Duo machine with 2GB RAM. Is this enough or shall i get more RAM... exactly how much would suffice?

[jamiedolan]

What exactly are you hosting? What software is being used?

[net]

Moved > Dedicated Server .

[durkaman]

You should go to the other topic i have started http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1018351

I wanted to keep the two things separate and not confuse everyone

Thanks mod.. it actually is a virtual Dedicated server.

[jamiedolan]

I'm sorry if I'm missing it, but I still don't see what software / files your running on the server.

[durkaman]

Im running Apache/2.2.9 (Debian) with webmin
Processor is 2core i7
2GB RAM


The website is using Wordpress + phpbb3 (SEO Module) Forums + Phpbb3 Games Arcade

[File1eu]

Is it slow? Are people complaining? If not, you have enough RAM

[CH-Shaun]

Run free -m to show us what your RAM usage stats are.

[durkaman]

Since 25th its being unaccessible...

[jamiedolan]

Originally Posted by durkaman

Since 25th its being unaccessible...

You can't SSH into your server?

[Rezaa]

I have a website with more than 100k visits per day
my website using around 2TB of BW per month.
it's uses 4GB of ram and it's completely enough.

[RSanders]

There is no direct correlation between hits/day/Bandwidth and memory usage.

free -m will show how much ram is in use. You should see little to no swap usage and some caching/buffers. It will always show 100% in use as free memory is used for caching over time.

The key is that you are not actively using swap. Once you are actively swapping out, the machine will slow to a crawl.

If your renting a VPS this may be a better question for your provider. They should have the technicians and access needed to make an informed recommendation.