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Linode Performance

presales

Hi all,

A quick question. I'm trying to find a VPS host for a drupal based site i'm creating for my gaming clan. We have 300 members so dont expect there to be massive traffic. I have demoed a VPS from another provider but found my unixbench scores were 90. Very low by some comparable tests results I have seen for other providers.

I ran a clean installation of a number of different scripts such as Buddypress, Elgg and Drupal. Each performed very slowly.

I would be interested in using the London data center and would like to know if I could expect better performance with Linode and specifically which package would you recommend. I don't mind getting my hands dirty in the shell to optimize for my self.

Thanks

John

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According to this benchmark report (http://journal.uggedal.com/vps-performance-comparison), you should expect better performance with Linode. :D

A Linode 512 would probably be more than enough: and if you need more horsepower, an upgrade is just a reboot away!

Linode also performs very well, as shown by these benchmarks (and I was already beat to posting that link!)

Thank you for the prompt replies. I shall commence sign up proceedings :)

Tash

As long as you keep memory usage under control (…ahem… MacClients & ServerLimit), you should be fine with a Linode 512.

Damn those Mac users, always bringing down my web servers with their shiny buttons…

@Guspaz:

Damn those Mac users, always bringing down my web servers with their shiny buttons…

And don't forget the 1/2 bit CPUs they use - now that still gets me fuming.

James

@hybinet:

(…ahem… MacClients & ServerLimit)

I'm curious; what's so different about mac browsers?

Is Safari set to some ugly default that pre-fetches too aggressively?

MaxVicari,

Thats a typo, its meant to be MaxClients, and the joke just went from there… :)

@Internat:

MaxVicari,

Thats a typo, its meant to be MaxClients, and the joke just went from there… :)

Durr >< :)

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