Double RAM or storage?

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• FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire

  April 28

  RAM. Always RAM.

  

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• oloke Member, Host Rep

  April 28

  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.

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• ariq01 Member

  April 28

  Double it and give it to the next person

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• lovelyserver Member

  April 28

  RAM definitely

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• yoursunny Member, IPv6 Advocate

  April 28

  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.

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• milkiller Member

  April 28

  @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?

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• milkiller Member

  April 28 edited April 28

  @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 Member

  April 28

  Random Access Memory

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• yoursunny Member, IPv6 Advocate

  April 28 edited April 28

  @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.

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• milkiller Member

  April 28

  @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 Member

  April 28

  @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.

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• buggedout Member

  April 28

  @FAT32 said:
  RAM. Always RAM.

  Only REM, No RAM.
  

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• milkiller Member

  April 28

  @FAT32 said: RAM. Always RAM.

  @buggedout said: Only REM, No RAM.

  Why not both🥰

  

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• hades_corps Member

  April 28

  @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)

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• milkiller Member

  April 28

  @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.

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