Unfortuately - All depends on how much resource your application needs. What technologies / platform / framework are you using?
In term of a VPS. We use slicehost in the US -- linode also have a great reputation. We get by with ~256Mb with a low load - however, our app is mostly c/c++ and quite frugal with memory. A large Java or Ruby framework will need more RAM, as will a database if it's a DB intensive application. Do you need a dedicated pre-prod environment, or can you get away with Virtual Machines? If you're going to target a 256Mb slice you could easily VM that on your desktop. J On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Shaon Diwakar <sh...@shaon.net> wrote: > > Hi, sorry to spam, but as a group of starving startup peeps, I thought > I'd ask if anyone has any old desktop/servers which they are planning > to throw out? The only proviso is that it has to be in working order > and in Sydney so that we can come collect :-) > > We plan on using it as our pre-prod environment before we deploy to an > dedicated server in the USA (man talk about getting hit with forex > fluctuations!!!). > > Also, on that note - I'd love to hear about the types of servers > people have used to host their own projects. I know some folks have > deployed Quad Core Xeons with 16GB RAM and Terabytes of disk space for > their start-ups - but have < 1000 users / day. What do you think: > Overkill or appropriate? > > We're thinking about running Ubuntu Linux on a VPS in the USA with > 294MB RAM - I doubt we'd get more than 100+ users/day for the first > few months and we'd be doing well to get 1000+ users/day. > > Any thoughts on ramping up & scalability would be appreciated :D > > Cheers, > Shaon > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
