How much of a difference does PROCESSOR + RAM make for Hosting? - GoFuckYourself.com

AsylumN · 01-19-2005, 07:55 PM

Ok, I am looking at a couple of different hosting packages right now. These are both 50 Mbps dedicated servers.

One is on a 2.5 GHZ with 1 GB RAM, the other is 3.2 GHZ with 2 GB RAM. There is a big price difference between the 2 packages. So I am wondering, how big of a difference is there between the 2 packages? Is it worth the extra price?

liquidmoe · 01-19-2005, 08:03 PM

CPU is necessary if you are running CGI scripts, PHP, or MySQL queries as all of those things require CPU usage, the more queries or hits to any of the above, the more CPU power you will need to keep the server from slowing down and slowing down regular HTML page load times.

RAM is necessary to make sure you can load up as many instances of Apache as you need. The more traffic you push, the more apaches you have running, the more ram you will be using as each copy occupies some space in RAM. If you run out of RAM you start using SWAP, but heavy usage of swap will again slow down your server.

Depending on usage and configuration you can make do with 1Gig of RAM for 50Mbps of traffic, but again it depends on implementation.

If you have any more questions hit me up on icq at 36837470.

Magg · 01-19-2005, 08:22 PM

What scripts will you be running? You should be able to get a full 100Mbps out of a P4 2.5 with 1GB RAM, depending on the amount of resource intensive scripts you are running.

You can ICQ me as well with any other questions, or if you'd like a quote to see what we can do for you on that 50Megs of bandwidth.
Non cogent, and you'll get a top of the line server at an affordable (yet surprisingly low) cost.

Sami · 01-19-2005, 08:32 PM

There shouldn't be more than $50 dollars/month diffrence ...

If they are both from the same company.

AsylumN · 01-19-2005, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sami

There shouldn't be more than $50 dollars/month diffrence ...

If they are both from the same company.

They are from different companies, so thats why there is a big difference. Thanks for replies so far guys. Any other advice regarding this?

DEA - banned for life · 01-19-2005, 09:34 PM

not much of a difference at all

01-19-2005, 07:55 PM	#1
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01-19-2005, 08:03 PM	#2
liquidmoe Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NY Posts: 4,994	CPU is necessary if you are running CGI scripts, PHP, or MySQL queries as all of those things require CPU usage, the more queries or hits to any of the above, the more CPU power you will need to keep the server from slowing down and slowing down regular HTML page load times. RAM is necessary to make sure you can load up as many instances of Apache as you need. The more traffic you push, the more apaches you have running, the more ram you will be using as each copy occupies some space in RAM. If you run out of RAM you start using SWAP, but heavy usage of swap will again slow down your server. Depending on usage and configuration you can make do with 1Gig of RAM for 50Mbps of traffic, but again it depends on implementation. If you have any more questions hit me up on icq at 36837470. __________________ Take Luck!

01-19-2005, 08:32 PM	#4
Sami Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,047	There shouldn't be more than $50 dollars/month diffrence ... If they are both from the same company. __________________ ServerProvider.com ICQ#: 311-848-143

01-19-2005, 08:22 PM	#3
Magg Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: ICQ: 132497047 Posts: 4,467	What scripts will you be running? You should be able to get a full 100Mbps out of a P4 2.5 with 1GB RAM, depending on the amount of resource intensive scripts you are running. You can ICQ me as well with any other questions, or if you'd like a quote to see what we can do for you on that 50Megs of bandwidth. Non cogent, and you'll get a top of the line server at an affordable (yet surprisingly low) cost.

01-19-2005, 09:34 PM	#6
DEA - banned for life V.I.P. Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: InYour Head Posts: 7,886	not much of a difference at all