I almost always create 2 cores for most minimum configurations when available in any virtual environment. but in the case of a VPS it really matters how well your stack handles multi-threading and if you expect to have enough load to saturate a core.
On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Keith Smith <techli...@phpcoderusa.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am wondering what your opinion is on cores and RAM when using a VPS. > > I am thinking about this in the context of Drupal and Magento, both of who > are resource hogs. > > I was told more RAM is much more valuable on a VPS than is the number of > cores. > > I'm assuming 4G of RAM is enough to not go into swap. I'm thinking this > should be fine for a production site with moderate traffic running either > Drupal or Magento. > > As you know more cores means more money when it comes to VPS servers, > while RAM is cheap. > > Of course we know opcode cache, varnish, and memcache(d) can work wonders > in speeding up websites. For this discussion lets assume we are using none > of them. > > The question is, will a second core make all that much difference if > enough RAM is present to not use swap? How would I know I need a second > core - look at the load? > > And is there other consideration or things I should be looking at? > > Thank you very much for all your feedback!! > > Keith > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen
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