Comments on: User Mode Linux Day 1 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/08/05/user-mode-linux-day-1/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:08:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: mkrz http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/08/05/user-mode-linux-day-1/#comment-878 mkrz Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-878 <p>Yep, please keep us updated on your progress. Your article on phppatterns.com was the first time I read about UML and I find it very interesting. I would also like to hear how far you get with 64MB. From what I've heard, it's a decent minimum for a LAMP system. <br /> But if you have to upgrade later to use a lot more RAM, you are slowly getting into the price range of the cheapest dedicated server offers, so I wonder if in that case it would still make sense to use an UML server package?</p> Yep, please keep us updated on your progress. Your article on phppatterns.com was the first time I read about UML and I find it very interesting. I would also like to hear how far you get with 64MB. From what I’ve heard, it’s a decent minimum for a LAMP system.
But if you have to upgrade later to use a lot more RAM, you are slowly getting into the price range of the cheapest dedicated server offers, so I wonder if in that case it would still make sense to use an UML server package?

]]> By: HarryF http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/08/05/user-mode-linux-day-1/#comment-879 HarryF Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-879 <p><blockquote><p><br /> Yep, please keep us updated on your progress.<br /> </p></blockquote></p> <p>Will do. "Day 2" coming soon.</p> <p><blockquote><p><br /> I would also like to hear how far you get with 64MB. From what I've heard, it's a decent minimum for a LAMP system. But if you have to upgrade later to use a lot more RAM, you are slowly getting into the price range of the cheapest dedicated server offers, so I wonder if in that case it would still make sense to use an UML server package?<br /> </p></blockquote></p> <p>Certainly I'd already say forget anything below 64Mb if you want to run anything like Apache or a DB server. Just the main Apache (2) process eats up 15Mb RAM. I'm already at 56Mb used while the server if basically "idle". If I remember right, there may also be an upper limit for how much memory a virtual server can have (Mythic Beasts only offer up to 256Mb) - when talking to Jules re: Sitepoints server, he was saying 2GB ram is the minumum to handle this kind of traffic...</p>

Yep, please keep us updated on your progress.

Will do. “Day 2″ coming soon.

I would also like to hear how far you get with 64MB. From what I’ve heard, it’s a decent minimum for a LAMP system. But if you have to upgrade later to use a lot more RAM, you are slowly getting into the price range of the cheapest dedicated server offers, so I wonder if in that case it would still make sense to use an UML server package?

Certainly I’d already say forget anything below 64Mb if you want to run anything like Apache or a DB server. Just the main Apache (2) process eats up 15Mb RAM. I’m already at 56Mb used while the server if basically “idle”. If I remember right, there may also be an upper limit for how much memory a virtual server can have (Mythic Beasts only offer up to 256Mb) - when talking to Jules re: Sitepoints server, he was saying 2GB ram is the minumum to handle this kind of traffic…

]]> By: Carl Youngblood http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/08/05/user-mode-linux-day-1/#comment-880 Carl Youngblood Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-880 <p>Keep in mind the UML systems generally allow you to use more resources if others are not using them. You are guaranteed to get 64 MB of RAM, but it could go higher as long as others don't need it.</p> Keep in mind the UML systems generally allow you to use more resources if others are not using them. You are guaranteed to get 64 MB of RAM, but it could go higher as long as others don’t need it.

]]> By: HarryF http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/08/05/user-mode-linux-day-1/#comment-881 HarryF Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-881 <p><blockquote><p><br /> Keep in mind the UML systems generally allow you to use more resources if others are not using them. You are guaranteed to get 64 MB of RAM, but it could go higher as long as others don't need it.<br /> </p></blockquote></p> <p>Cool. Thanks for that tip off - had the idea that 64Mb was a ceiling. Most of what I know about UML is 2nd hand from some I work with, who's messed with it - guess I should make that 1st hand.</p>

Keep in mind the UML systems generally allow you to use more resources if others are not using them. You are guaranteed to get 64 MB of RAM, but it could go higher as long as others don’t need it.

Cool. Thanks for that tip off - had the idea that 64Mb was a ceiling. Most of what I know about UML is 2nd hand from some I work with, who’s messed with it - guess I should make that 1st hand.

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