RE: [cobalt-users] [Raq3]Amount of RAM <-> Nr of Sites

["Carrie Bartkowiak" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marc wrote:
||>> I'm planning on buying a RAQ3, but I'm not sure how much
||>memory I will need...

||>> to begin with. So how many sites with the following specs
||>could a Raq3 with
||>> 32 MB RAM handle?

Jeff wrote:
||>Most likely not enough, and no, I'm not being facetious.  The problem is
||>that your RaQ's usage will grow.  I'd go for a minimum of 64 megabytes.
||>
||>In fact, for personal machines, I go for a minimum of 128 megabytes.

Jeff? Be facetious? Never!  *grin*
I agree. I don't think 32 megs would handle very many sites, either.
Personally, I wouldn't touch anything with less than 128 megs when you're
talking about hosting. You have to be fair to your clients and make sure
that their pages won't load slow because the memory is being used up by
other sites.

It's not about your cost. After all, you'll get that back again and again.
It's about providing a decent, fair service to your clients. Moving from 32
to 128 megs of RAM won't cost you much, but losing clients because their
sites move like molasses *will* cost you.

Carrie Bartkowiak