Re: [cobalt-users] More Ram Needed? - RAQ3i

[Jay Tingley <jayt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

[ Randy writes... ]

> Does anyone know if perl scripts and cgi's try dipping into RAM before CPU?

According to Cobalt, CGI uses RAM - not CPU (they suggest more RAM).
 
> So will adding more RAM fix the problem?  Its generally from Hits (httpd in
> top)... I was having this same problem with 64mb of ram and it fixed it for a
> while until I added more sites and some sites got more popular.  So what if I
> maxed the server out with 512mb ram?  Will that kiss all problems goodbye?
> If so, how many sites do you think are hostable?

Their recommendation was:

 (#sites x 1MB) + (#users x 2MB) = RAM required

Hope this helps.
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Jay Tingley
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