Downgrading RAM

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I might be moving my server to one with less RAM soon and was wondering how much it would affect DA.

I have 1024MB of RAM right now and I'm thinking about going down to 768MB or even 512MB. I'm using 100-200MB of RAM at most at the moment, how much would this affect me overall?
 
You are using a vps?

It wont affect it much unless you have heavy accessed sites. Especially ones with databases.
 
Yes, I'm on a VPS. Traffic's been down lately but I guess I could always just upgrade the VPS if needed.

Do you think going to 512MB is too low?
 
Crusader, I was on 512 VPS not too long ago with uptime of over 3 months with couple database driven sites (approx 3k visitors per day ~ varied) and did not have any problems. Make sure you are on XEN platform.
 
The reason for different experiences with different amounts of memory on virtual servers is that some VPS solutions guarantee memory, and others require that the admins watch memory usage on the server or you may find you don't have enough memory if someone else on the physical server is hogging it.

Xen guarantees you get the memory for which you're VPS has been configured. Others may as well.

I'm not sure.

Jeff
 
I was wondering what the reasoning was for sokolkapl. The VPS technology does not seem to have anything to do with the OP's question. They will all for work for his needs.
 
floyd and everyone else, jlasman's summary is right on. I seem to have more stable environment on XEN (on equivalent low memory VPS's...I guess SWAP makes all the difference?) than openvz, but then again I tend to use low price providers for which there are consequences. The OP should be fine with 512mb if he uses 100-200mb at most though indeed (at most being the keyword).
 
I have many, many OpenVZ customers who are doing just fine with 512MB and running databases and whatever. Anybody with bad experience is probably running on a poor host node.
 
Alright, thanks for the replies guys. Hopefully, I won't be hitting any swap :)

If anyone was wondering I'm giving Linode a spin.
 
floyd said:
I have many, many OpenVZ customers who are doing just fine with 512MB and running databases and whatever. Anybody with bad experience is probably running on a poor host node.
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And we have many many VMWare customers without any problems.
 
I didn't mean to imply tha OpenVZ (or any other solution) wasn't good, or was less robust. I was merely amplifying on sokokapl's point. I'm sorry I didn't make myself more clear. Good administrators can work with any mature solution and provide a good hosting experience.

Jeff
 
localhost said:
I agree with jlasman #14
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I think most of us do. I believe in giving customers choices. Hosters do not have to make a choice between using any of these technologies. The customer can make that choice.
 
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