> On 15 Oct 2015, at 20:24, Esteban A. Maringolo <emaring...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I use DigitalOcean, a 2 core-VPS with 1GB ram could host 10 concurrent > images without any issues, other than the constant ~5% CPU use while > idle. I/O was the bottleneck, so no race conditions between the > different images.
I second that, even the smallest instance, 512 MB RAM at $5, is more than enough for a couple of Pharo images. Just try it. https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=6a0334a169dc ;-) > Regards! > > Esteban A. Maringolo > > > 2015-10-15 15:00 GMT-03:00 Jimmie Houchin <jlhouc...@gmail.com>: >> Thanks for the reply. >> >> Sounds like a winner to me. >> >> Jimmie >> >> >> On 10/15/2015 10:32 AM, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Jimmie Houchin <jlhouc...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am exploring getting a VPS similar to the 1GB option. >>> https://www.linode.com/pricing >>> >>> I have not selected a company or service at this time so this is simply an >>> example and one of my options. >>> >>> I have not used such a service before. >>> >> >> I am using Linode and running Pharo and GemStone there (CentOS 7). So far no >> problem and Linode seem very very cool. >> >>> >>> How suitable is Pharo currently for such an use case? >>> Will Pharo and its polling and constant minimum cpu usage be a problem? >> >> >> It's not in my case. Linode does invoice for cpu cycles, you simply has CPU >> assigned and you do not care if it is 100% 24 hours a day or 10% used. >> Other services like amazon etc do care about CPU cycles (the price is based >> somehow on that I think), but not in Linode or other VPS-like. >> >>> >>> >>> I am wanting to learn to use VPS/Cloud services. I am wanting to play with >>> a web server, wiki, blog. I want control of my tools and not the standard >>> LAMP setup that so commonly offered. >> >> >> I am very happy with Linode. It supports many nice things like having >> multiple virtual images, clone them, backups, etc. >> For example, I have a Linode template VM that is "ready to run my app" and >> then I can clone such VM for each site (app instance) we deploy. >> We have a daily backup, weekly, monthly and one more free slot. >> >>> >>> Any wisdom on Pharo in such an environment, pros and cons, greatly >>> appreciated. >>> >> >> I think it depends on the type of app. For my case, I do not want to host >> myself anymore. So I would go for cloud based for sure. Then, you have the >> VPS like or the amazon-like. Both allow you to grow. I guess you may choose >> this depending on your type of app. In any case, you end up having a OS >> where you simply install Pharo and that's it. >> >> >> >> -- >> Mariano >> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com >> >> >
