ok I am big enough and ugly enough to realise I made a booboo
I wanted to keep the ram tight to force myself into some extreme tweaking but I guess that is pointless if the majority of people would be looking for 512mb anyway and from a business perspective I have to agree a lot of what was said makes sense.
As it is simple to find a good 512mb deal it kind of makes this thread redundant so I have span one up myself on IH infrastructure but because I hate things being easy I am doing it on FreeBSD instead.
512mb seems to be the new LE standard when talking small.
Linux will run happily with only 4 MB of RAM, including all of the trolls such as Windows 98, Vim, and push-ups. (M. Welsh & L. Kaufman, Running Linux, 2e, 1996, p. 32)
Therefore, 4MB should be the low end minimum.
@angstrom said:
I think that as of the end of 2020, non-NAT 256 MB RAM VPSes are generally viewed as antiquated.
I had a 64MB OpenVZ6 from SecureDragon for $4.99/year. They failed to upgrade to OpenVZ7 before EOL so I canceled that box. I just checked a 256MB at SecureDragon now costs $29.90/year.
The smallest SSD box I have is Virmach Buffalo 384MB for $4/year from Black Friday 2019.
Virmach sells 256MB still, at $12.50/year. They don't recommend it though.
50% vCPU, 10GB disk.
512MB RAM SSD OpenVZ VPS
10GB SSD Disk Space
1 x CPU Cores
512MB RAM
1Gbps Unmetered
1 x IPv4
1Gbps DDoS Protection
Normally $20/Yr
Use Coupon Code: 12days5020
$10/Yr
1x vCPU Core
17 GB PURE SSD RAID-10 Storage
1 GB RAM
3000GB Monthly Premium Bandwidth
1Gbps Public Network Port
Full Root Admin Access
1 Dedicated IPv4 Address
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LOCATION: San Jose, Seattle, Dallas, Chicago, New Jersey, New York, Atlanta, or Ashburn
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Maybe a better way to think about this would be to flip it on it's head. Set up a dedi and give yourself the resources you want running Proxmox or similar. It would cost a lot more money but it'll be exactly what you want/need.
Cheap dedis are my drug, and I'm too far gone to turn back.
I thought most people use shared hosting for basic wordpress. Is that so terrible? BuyVM has that with a dedicated ipv4 for $8/year. Lots of other places have it cheaper with shared ipv4. If shared ipv4 is ok, then NAT seems worth the slight added complexity if you're trying to go super cheap.
⭕ A simple uptime dashboard using UptimeRobot API https://upy.duo.ovh
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@willie said:
I thought most people use shared hosting for basic wordpress. Is that so terrible? BuyVM has that with a dedicated ipv4 for $8/year. Lots of other places have it cheaper with shared ipv4. If shared ipv4 is ok, then NAT seems worth the slight added complexity if you're trying to go super cheap.
Agree with that, for a 256MB VPS, how about play with some jamstack cms? You know, Cloudflare page in coming soon.
Since the RAM threshold was upped to 512 MB,
I ended up using the 512 MB RAM Plan from Inception Hosting . this is the BF offer so does not quality per OP rules,
Installed WordOps (I have referenced it in Part II of the WordPress .. blog series) even though I had to clean up a lot of the additional (optional) applications such as the monitor below. Dashboards etc might work better at 1 GB RAM, not 512 MB . Kind of liked this one though!
Also, did a stock WordPress install and replaced it with ClassicPress.
@vyas said:
Since the RAM threshold was upped to 512 MB,
I ended up using the 512 MB RAM Plan from Inception Hosting . this is the BF offer so does not quality per OP rules,
Installed WordOps (I have referenced it in Part II of the WordPress .. blog series) even though I had to clean up a lot of the additional (optional) applications such as the monitor below. Dashboards etc might work better at 1 GB RAM, not 512 MB . Kind of liked this one though!
Also, did a stock WordPress install and replaced it with ClassicPress.
Server Monitoring installed by WordOps
If you want to run a benchmark pre and post 1GB ram I can give you a temporary bump.
@vyas said:
Since the RAM threshold was upped to 512 MB,
I ended up using the 512 MB RAM Plan from Inception Hosting . this is the BF offer so does not quality per OP rules,
Installed WordOps (I have referenced it in Part II of the WordPress .. blog series) even though I had to clean up a lot of the additional (optional) applications such as the monitor below. Dashboards etc might work better at 1 GB RAM, not 512 MB . Kind of liked this one though!
Also, did a stock WordPress install and replaced it with ClassicPress.
Server Monitoring installed by WordOps
If you want to run a benchmark pre and post 1GB ram I can give you a temporary bump.
Cool. Let me do that on the current setup over the weekend. I have the HDD option. Maybe an identical setup with the SSD (you had posted the SSD offer during CM I think)
The 4 vcpus help. In case someone is considering woo commerce or a membership site or similar. ( not my cup of tea).
@vyas said:
Since the RAM threshold was upped to 512 MB,
I ended up using the 512 MB RAM Plan from Inception Hosting . this is the BF offer so does not quality per OP rules,
Installed WordOps (I have referenced it in Part II of the WordPress .. blog series) even though I had to clean up a lot of the additional (optional) applications such as the monitor below. Dashboards etc might work better at 1 GB RAM, not 512 MB . Kind of liked this one though!
Also, did a stock WordPress install and replaced it with ClassicPress.
Server Monitoring installed by WordOps
If you want to run a benchmark pre and post 1GB ram I can give you a temporary bump.
Cool. Let me do that on the current setup over the weekend. I have the HDD option. Maybe an identical setup with the SSD (you had posted the SSD offer during CM I think)
If it looks good, maybe a similar setup (512 MB RAM)
Sure, just drop me a PM with what you need and when.
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512 MB opens up lot more options as well- not just in terms of pricing, but also variety - geography, combination and specs.
Maybe the cap should be on the price instead?
or
maximum RAM at 152 which seems to be the consnsus or heading in that direction.
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Years ago 128MB costs are around $15 USD.
Now I can get 512MB for $6-12 USD so there is no reason for 256MB anymore.
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512MB is more the sweet spot, 256MB was the old one.
I collected a ton of these on BF, otherwise deals on these are very rare.
When I am talking deals I mean 4-8$/y, with v4.
Free NAT KVM | Free NAT LXC
ok I am big enough and ugly enough to realise I made a booboo
I wanted to keep the ram tight to force myself into some extreme tweaking but I guess that is pointless if the majority of people would be looking for 512mb anyway and from a business perspective I have to agree a lot of what was said makes sense.
As it is simple to find a good 512mb deal it kind of makes this thread redundant so I have span one up myself on IH infrastructure but because I hate things being easy I am doing it on FreeBSD instead.
https://inceptionhosting.com
Please do not use the PM system here for Inception Hosting support issues.
@Ant You've got too much time on your hands. I need to find another awkward migration for ya!
lowendinfo.com had no interest.
Alpine Linux
+
Caddy
+
WordPress
+
Beer
Just because I borked it last time. The install not the beer. That would have been disastrous
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lol, these are just side projects, unlike my VPS's I dont like idle time
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Linux will run happily with only 4 MB of RAM, including all of the trolls such as Windows 98, Vim, and push-ups. (M. Welsh & L. Kaufman, Running Linux, 2e, 1996, p. 32)
Therefore, 4MB should be the low end minimum.
I had a 64MB OpenVZ6 from SecureDragon for $4.99/year. They failed to upgrade to OpenVZ7 before EOL so I canceled that box. I just checked a 256MB at SecureDragon now costs $29.90/year.
The smallest SSD box I have is Virmach Buffalo 384MB for $4/year from Black Friday 2019.
Virmach sells 256MB still, at $12.50/year. They don't recommend it though.
50% vCPU, 10GB disk.
I believe I saw many russian providers still offering 256.
Action and Reaction in history
I want to see munin charts, if/when you get it running!
lowendinfo.com had no interest.
Saw this offer from "Another side"
Dedipath
512MB RAM SSD OpenVZ VPS
10GB SSD Disk Space
1 x CPU Cores
512MB RAM
1Gbps Unmetered
1 x IPv4
1Gbps DDoS Protection
Normally $20/Yr
Use Coupon Code: 12days5020
$10/Yr
1x vCPU Core
17 GB PURE SSD RAID-10 Storage
1 GB RAM
3000GB Monthly Premium Bandwidth
1Gbps Public Network Port
Full Root Admin Access
1 Dedicated IPv4 Address
KVM / SolusVM Control Panel - Reboot, Reinstall, Manage rDNS, & much more
LOCATION: San Jose, Seattle, Dallas, Chicago, New Jersey, New York, Atlanta, or Ashburn
JUST $10.98/YEAR - WOW!!
@AnthonySmith I'll show myself out..
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Wow :-)
Is a giveaway.
@SmallWeb ? Lol
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Maybe a better way to think about this would be to flip it on it's head. Set up a dedi and give yourself the resources you want running Proxmox or similar. It would cost a lot more money but it'll be exactly what you want/need.
Cheap dedis are my drug, and I'm too far gone to turn back.
I thought most people use shared hosting for basic wordpress. Is that so terrible? BuyVM has that with a dedicated ipv4 for $8/year. Lots of other places have it cheaper with shared ipv4. If shared ipv4 is ok, then NAT seems worth the slight added complexity if you're trying to go super cheap.
Whenever I see a
WOW!!post, I just close my browser tab...⭕ A simple uptime dashboard using UptimeRobot API https://upy.duo.ovh
⭕ Currently using VPS from BuyVM, GreenCloudVPS, Gullo's, Hetzner, HostHatch, InceptionHosting, LetBox, MaxKVM, MrVM, VirMach.
Agree with that, for a 256MB VPS, how about play with some jamstack cms? You know, Cloudflare page in coming soon.
Action and Reaction in history
Then how can wrote this post? Lol.
Since the RAM threshold was upped to 512 MB,
I ended up using the 512 MB RAM Plan from Inception Hosting . this is the BF offer so does not quality per OP rules,
Installed WordOps (I have referenced it in Part II of the WordPress .. blog series) even though I had to clean up a lot of the additional (optional) applications such as the monitor below. Dashboards etc might work better at 1 GB RAM, not 512 MB . Kind of liked this one though!
Also, did a stock WordPress install and replaced it with ClassicPress.
Server Monitoring installed by WordOps
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If you want to run a benchmark pre and post 1GB ram I can give you a temporary bump.
https://inceptionhosting.com
Please do not use the PM system here for Inception Hosting support issues.
When stock is available. I offer 256mb KVM @ $3,50/quarter.
https://clients.mrvm.net/cart.php?gid=21
https://clients.mrvm.net
Cool. Let me do that on the current setup over the weekend. I have the HDD option. Maybe an identical setup with the SSD (you had posted the SSD offer during CM I think)
The 4 vcpus help. In case someone is considering woo commerce or a membership site or similar. ( not my cup of tea).
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Sure, just drop me a PM with what you need and when.
https://inceptionhosting.com
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Kinda https://clients.hostsailor.com/cart.php?a=add&pid=437
Free NAT KVM | Free NAT LXC
Ok you win.
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HDD
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"Kinda" ok, best match yet.
Fuckign IPv4 included ok.
Free NAT KVM | Free NAT LXC
I believe that's limited, so doesn't count as general purpose.
"Humanity is f*cked up" - Jay
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Tough crowd! :-)
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