Megs of ram needed for a dedicated server.. - GoFuckYourself.com

Balljoints · 07-14-2001, 09:06 PM

How much ram should I have in my dedicated server in order for it to not run out of memory.

Getting on average about 60-80k hits a day and doing maybe 200 gigs of transfer a month. Not sure how much exactly.

It is a pentium 3 800mhz
unix and currently have 256 megs of ram.

Thanks for the help.

Balljoints

titmowse · 07-14-2001, 10:14 PM

i wish i knew the answer sweety. i am pretty stoopid compared to most of the masters on this board. i'll bump this one up if that helps!

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tit,
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Orgazmic · 07-14-2001, 10:19 PM

You definetely have enough beef in that server to handle such traffic. Don't forget to turn needless services off so they don't hog resources.

Theo · 07-14-2001, 10:27 PM

i would prefer a p3-600 and 512 ram

ram is the most important part

TheWatcher · 07-14-2001, 10:31 PM

more than a gig in my Half-life TFC server

Balljoints · 07-14-2001, 10:44 PM

Thanks for bringing it back up tit. I have asked the host how much to upgrade the ram. Since I only have 1 small cgi program running (autogallery pro) I know the resources should not be taxed that much. The problem I have had is when I get a listing on the hun or worldsex or al4a it crashes

When I was on the old virtual host I had a capped line so I posted movies all the time. Never had downtime because of a listing with 1 of those guys. It just slowed the transfer down.

And now on this dedicated, I have a box that I pay for 300gigs of transfer whether I use it or not. Always seems to go down on big listings... SHIT! Guess I Figured out how they work... Say 1 thing, have them pay for it, and then dont deliver... No wonder the only times I have had downtime lately is when I get a listing with 1 of the big TGP's...

Balljoints

TFCash · 07-15-2001, 03:31 AM

Balljoints -

You might be having some hardware problems if your system is crashing with a rush of hits. We have customers that do 20GB a day with around 1 million hits on a PIII 500 with 256Mb ram, and have no problems with say a listing on the Hun. So adding ram will probably not help

The other thing that might be the problem is how is your provider capping your traffic ?? Are they using a mod that is built into apache or are they doing it at the router ?? If they are using apache to throttle it down then there is your problem, apache sucks when it comes to capping your traffic, and it will die off if you try to run say 1Gb a days worth of traffic thru a 1/2GB a day cap.

Tim

TFCash · 07-15-2001, 03:34 AM

Balljoints -

How much ram is being used on your system right now ?? One way to tell is to telnet/ssh into the system and at the prompt type in free. It will look something like this.

total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 776652 671852 104800 37272 129288 508304
-/+ buffers/cache: 34260 742392
Swap: 2104432 1936 2102496

This will tell you how much of your disk swap is being used, and that is where your system will really start to thrash if your are hitting it all the time.

Tim

07-15-2001, 09:15 AM

Geez - why the worries ?

RAM is so cheap, you can smack 2 gigs in the server without sweating !
www.pricewatch.com <hint>

07-14-2001, 09:06 PM	#1
Balljoints Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 357	Megs of ram needed for a dedicated server.. How much ram should I have in my dedicated server in order for it to not run out of memory. Getting on average about 60-80k hits a day and doing maybe 200 gigs of transfer a month. Not sure how much exactly. It is a pentium 3 800mhz unix and currently have 256 megs of ram. Thanks for the help. Balljoints

07-14-2001, 10:14 PM	#2
titmowse Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: TEXAS Posts: 5,320	i wish i knew the answer sweety. i am pretty stoopid compared to most of the masters on this board. i'll bump this one up if that helps! ------------------ tit, A revolution in adult content: EROTICOPY

07-14-2001, 10:19 PM	#3
Orgazmic Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 22	You definetely have enough beef in that server to handle such traffic. Don't forget to turn needless services off so they don't hog resources.

07-14-2001, 10:27 PM	#4
Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	i would prefer a p3-600 and 512 ram ram is the most important part

07-14-2001, 10:31 PM	#5
TheWatcher Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Posts: 563	more than a gig in my Half-life TFC server

07-14-2001, 10:44 PM	#6
Balljoints Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 357	Thanks for bringing it back up tit. I have asked the host how much to upgrade the ram. Since I only have 1 small cgi program running (autogallery pro) I know the resources should not be taxed that much. The problem I have had is when I get a listing on the hun or worldsex or al4a it crashes When I was on the old virtual host I had a capped line so I posted movies all the time. Never had downtime because of a listing with 1 of those guys. It just slowed the transfer down. And now on this dedicated, I have a box that I pay for 300gigs of transfer whether I use it or not. Always seems to go down on big listings... SHIT! Guess I Figured out how they work... Say 1 thing, have them pay for it, and then dont deliver... No wonder the only times I have had downtime lately is when I get a listing with 1 of the big TGP's... Balljoints

07-15-2001, 03:31 AM	#7
TFCash Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,738	Balljoints - You might be having some hardware problems if your system is crashing with a rush of hits. We have customers that do 20GB a day with around 1 million hits on a PIII 500 with 256Mb ram, and have no problems with say a listing on the Hun. So adding ram will probably not help The other thing that might be the problem is how is your provider capping your traffic ?? Are they using a mod that is built into apache or are they doing it at the router ?? If they are using apache to throttle it down then there is your problem, apache sucks when it comes to capping your traffic, and it will die off if you try to run say 1Gb a days worth of traffic thru a 1/2GB a day cap. Tim

07-15-2001, 03:34 AM	#8
TFCash Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,738	Balljoints - How much ram is being used on your system right now ?? One way to tell is to telnet/ssh into the system and at the prompt type in free. It will look something like this. total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 776652 671852 104800 37272 129288 508304 -/+ buffers/cache: 34260 742392 Swap: 2104432 1936 2102496 This will tell you how much of your disk swap is being used, and that is where your system will really start to thrash if your are hitting it all the time. Tim

07-15-2001, 09:15 AM	#9
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	Geez - why the worries ? RAM is so cheap, you can smack 2 gigs in the server without sweating ! www.pricewatch.com <hint>