I use DigitalOcean, a 2 core-VPS with 1GB ram could host 10 concurrent images without any issues, other than the constant ~5% CPU use while idle. I/O was the bottleneck, so no race conditions between the different images.
Regards! Esteban A. Maringolo 2015-10-15 15:00 GMT-03:00 Jimmie Houchin <jlhouc...@gmail.com>: > Thanks for the reply. > > Sounds like a winner to me. > > Jimmie > > > On 10/15/2015 10:32 AM, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Jimmie Houchin <jlhouc...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I am exploring getting a VPS similar to the 1GB option. >> https://www.linode.com/pricing >> >> I have not selected a company or service at this time so this is simply an >> example and one of my options. >> >> I have not used such a service before. >> > > I am using Linode and running Pharo and GemStone there (CentOS 7). So far no > problem and Linode seem very very cool. > >> >> How suitable is Pharo currently for such an use case? >> Will Pharo and its polling and constant minimum cpu usage be a problem? > > > It's not in my case. Linode does invoice for cpu cycles, you simply has CPU > assigned and you do not care if it is 100% 24 hours a day or 10% used. > Other services like amazon etc do care about CPU cycles (the price is based > somehow on that I think), but not in Linode or other VPS-like. > >> >> >> I am wanting to learn to use VPS/Cloud services. I am wanting to play with >> a web server, wiki, blog. I want control of my tools and not the standard >> LAMP setup that so commonly offered. > > > I am very happy with Linode. It supports many nice things like having > multiple virtual images, clone them, backups, etc. > For example, I have a Linode template VM that is "ready to run my app" and > then I can clone such VM for each site (app instance) we deploy. > We have a daily backup, weekly, monthly and one more free slot. > >> >> Any wisdom on Pharo in such an environment, pros and cons, greatly >> appreciated. >> > > I think it depends on the type of app. For my case, I do not want to host > myself anymore. So I would go for cloud based for sure. Then, you have the > VPS like or the amazon-like. Both allow you to grow. I guess you may choose > this depending on your type of app. In any case, you end up having a OS > where you simply install Pharo and that's it. > > > > -- > Mariano > http://marianopeck.wordpress.com > >
