Thread: Purchasing Link 2 vs 3

If you run it off your own server you should know exactly how much resources the services you need running will take. The guidlines listed as just that but generally if you have to ask; you should go a higher plan at first. However there are no hard limits that I know of. Generally if you causing high disk I/O and excessive use of the cpu than you will have problems like with any vps provider.

I'm currently heading a small RPG project, PHP/MySQL, nothing fancy. It also ties in with an IRC server and an Eggdrop bot... currently this is all hosted off my [very insecure] home box. Going through the plan comparison tool it informed me that I need a Link-4 or higher to run LAMP. I have personally run LAMP on much, much less. My site is by no means large scale. Is there any hard limit in place preventing me from configuring LAMP on a...

Any hard limits you may encounter will be as a result of the platform choice you make, specifically with OpenVZ, whereas with Xen there are no hard limits that I'm aware of. Apart from that, other limits you may encounter will center around your technical capabilities. If you've already comfortable enough with LAMP to tune it for low memory operation, then you're already ahead of the pack. With regard to choice of plan, you can...

Quote: Originally Posted by drbob Going through the plan comparison tool it informed me that I need a Link-4 or higher to run LAMP. I have personally run LAMP on much, much less. My site is by no means large scale. You'll be fine running LAMP on a Link3, but if you intend on migrating the IRC daemon & Eggdrop, I'd suggest going for a Link4. My Link4 running: lighttpd, mysql, djbdns, stunnel, sshd, and hobbit-client for...