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Is 256MB RAM enough for a VPS server to run some Drupal-based websites with e-shop module ?

thanks

weeheavy
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It is enough to "run" nearly anything in the LAMP world.

It is not enough to handle more than a certain amount of load. How much depends on the app, and could be anything from 1 to tens of concurrent users.

Luke404
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Good enough to start with. Surely your VPS vendor will be able to upgrade your VPS if you find you need more - all you need to do then is reboot to get the extra memory.

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You can probably install it, but I would recommend against using so little. Unless of course you don't have much content and/or very few views. I don't have hard numbers for you, but you may have to resort to performance testing to determine your needs.

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  • How few is very few views? Some people might consider 10,000 very few. For many *very* few is like 5... Static content isn't very memory hungry. Dynamic content might be, but again depends on number of visitors. – dunxd Sep 09 '10 at 13:25
  • Thanks for the input, but this is fundamentally the same answer as Luke404's answer... I added a note that performance testing would help evaluate need. – gWaldo Sep 09 '10 at 13:31