phpBB/MySQL instance on linode 360 (+ Django and OpenVPN)

@Frank:

Hello!

I'd like to transfer a phpBB3 forum (MySQL backend) into my 360 linode but I was wondering weither I'd have enough RAM or not for that site?

It gets ~10k pages/day and ~45k hits/day according to awstats.

My linode also runs small Django instances and OpenVPN for rare, personal usage. It runs CentOS and all of the useless services have been disabled.

Would my linode do fine for this site and everything else? Would I benefit a lot by proxying the static content though nginx and all the dynamic (php + wsgi) by Apache? I am not a sysadmin by profession therefore I am not sure I can optimize the server to get the most of it.

Thanks folks!

I'm running phpBB3 on a 360. I had an insane peak day back in January (it was expected, NFL related) where I did 86k pages and 740k hits, most of that in a 3 hour period. Things were definitely slowing down/my linode was definitely taxed, but it was still running. Since then (offseason), I'm averaging 6k pages, 40k hits without breaking a sweat.

I haven't bothered doing any of the reverse proxy stuff, just using apache.

Hitting that peak definitely took some tuning. Definitely install apc (php cache), as that'll speed things up a ton.

Good to know, thank you for sharing your real life experience!!