Double RAM or storage?

milkiller

GreenCloud’s double promo is really great, and I grabbed a couple of chickens myself (2222 JP Softbank and 6666 JP IIJ).

But I'm not sure if I should go with double RAM or double storage.

What did you guys pick? And what are you running on them?

On a previous BudgetKVMJPVF-2 chick, I run a few OSS things via docker. CPU sits around 3%, RAM is about 1.2GB on average, using ~21GB disk.

What do you guys think about double RAM vs storage?

2222 JP Softbank
2GB RAM
22GB NVMe 4.0 RAID-10 Hard drive
2 cores EPYC Milan CPU

6666 JP IIJ
6GB RAM
66GB NVMe RAID-10 Hard drive
4 EPYC Milan cores CPU

FAT32

RAM. Always RAM.

oloke

I'd say it depends on your planned usage.
If the VPS suits your needs already then you don't need to double anything.

Although I have a feeling most people would double the RAM.

ariq01

Double it and give it to the next person

lovelyserver

RAM definitely

yoursunny

Assuming it's a content based website or application:

• If the existing content or anticipated growth would fill 80% of the storage, choose double storage so you don't run out.
• Otherwise, choose double RAM. Even if you don't use the RAM in the application, it could serve as page cache to improve I/O latency.

milkiller

@oloke said:
I'd say it depends on your planned usage.
If the VPS suits your needs already then you don't need to double anything.

Although I have a feeling most people would double the RAM.

Yeah, I totally agree with the “suits your needs” point, and that’s where I’m a bit stuck.

My old BudgetKVMJPVF-2 is expiring in July, and I’m planning to migrate everything over to the 2222 JP Softbank.

The thing is, the default 22GB storage on 2222 is almost the same as what I’m currently using on my BudgetKVMJPVF-2. I could probably free up a bit by cleaning logs (they’re taking 2GB+ right now), but that would leave me with very little headroom for adding more services.

At the same time, 2GB RAM is also pretty close to my current usage (~1.2GB on average). I’m not sure if running more docker containers would start to hit limits.

So yeah, that’s why I’m curious what kind of services others are running day-to-day, and what they ended up choosing?

milkiller

@yoursunny said:
Assuming it's a content based website or application:

• If the existing content or anticipated growth would fill 80% of the storage, choose double storage so you don't run out.
• Otherwise, choose double RAM. Even if you don't use the RAM in the application, it could serve as page cache to improve I/O latency.

Thanks my MJJ senpai, super helpful ❤️

nghialele

Random Access Memory

yoursunny

@milkiller said:
My old BudgetKVMJPVF-2 is expiring in July, and I’m planning to migrate everything over to the 2222 JP Softbank.

plan	double	RAM	storage	price
BudgetKVMJPVF-2	RAM	8	35	70
BudgetKVMJPVF-2	storage	4	70	70
2222 JP	RAM	4	22	60
2222 JP	storage	2	44	60

Note:
BudgetKVMJPVF-2 double RAM isn't currently on sale, but we have one that can be made available within 3 days upon accepted offer.
Make an offer if interested, seller pays transfer service fee.

The thing is, the default 22GB storage on 2222 is almost the same as what I’m currently using on my BudgetKVMJPVF-2. I could probably free up a bit by cleaning logs (they’re taking 2GB+ right now), but that would leave me with very little headroom for adding more services.

At the same time, 2GB RAM is also pretty close to my current usage (~1.2GB on average). I’m not sure if running more docker containers would start to hit limits.

The best choice is BudgetKVMJPVF-2 double storage.
You should renew the BudgetKVMJPVF-2, rather than lobotomizing your machine for $0.27/month saving.

milkiller

@yoursunny said: Maybe you should renew the BudgetKVMJPVF-2 rather than lobotomizing your machine for $0.27/month saving?

That’s a really clear comparison. You're right, I guess I'm just too dumb😢

budi1413

@milkiller said:

@oloke said:
I'd say it depends on your planned usage.
If the VPS suits your needs already then you don't need to double anything.

Although I have a feeling most people would double the RAM.

Yeah, I totally agree with the “suits your needs” point, and that’s where I’m a bit stuck.

My old BudgetKVMJPVF-2 is expiring in July, and I’m planning to migrate everything over to the 2222 JP Softbank.

The thing is, the default 22GB storage on 2222 is almost the same as what I’m currently using on my BudgetKVMJPVF-2. I could probably free up a bit by cleaning logs (they’re taking 2GB+ right now), but that would leave me with very little headroom for adding more services.

At the same time, 2GB RAM is also pretty close to my current usage (~1.2GB on average). I’m not sure if running more docker containers would start to hit limits.

So yeah, that’s why I’m curious what kind of services others are running day-to-day, and what they ended up choosing?

for your use case i believe doubling storage is more logical choice, then with that extra storage add some extra swap file.

buggedout

@FAT32 said:
RAM. Always RAM.

Only REM, No RAM.

milkiller

@FAT32 said: RAM. Always RAM.

@buggedout said: Only REM, No RAM.

Why not both🥰

hades_corps

@milkiller said:

@yoursunny said: Maybe you should renew the BudgetKVMJPVF-2 rather than lobotomizing your machine for $0.27/month saving?

That’s a really clear comparison. You're right, I guess I'm just too dumb😢

Pretty sure you can open a ticket for 3 years renew to get double resource. (Assuming the current one has not been double)

milkiller

@hades_corps said:

@milkiller said:

@yoursunny said: Maybe you should renew the BudgetKVMJPVF-2 rather than lobotomizing your machine for $0.27/month saving?

That’s a really clear comparison. You're right, I guess I'm just too dumb😢

Pretty sure you can open a ticket for 3 years renew to get double resource. (Assuming the current one has not been double)

Yeah, I’ve already doubled my BudgetKVMJPVF-2 storage with a 3-year renewal.

If anyone cares, I ended up choosing double storage on the 2222 plan and double RAM on the 6666 plan.