# RoR on a VPS **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 6, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-a-vps/77409 "2006-03-06T18:53:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/karunnt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-a-vps/77409/1 "2006-03-06T18:53:40Z")
I’m looking for a virtual private server to run a RoR site accessing a database on a different machine. This is a small application - basically a form to add records, and a few summary screens. What are the minimal requirements for a vps? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/karunnt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-a-vps/77409/2 "2006-03-06T19:13:39Z")
I’m running on a 160MB VPS with [Rimuhosting.com](http://Rimuhosting.com) that’s pushing a 500,000 record database on the same machine, and it’s quite responsive. Since your DB is on a different machine, I would think that you wouldn’t need as much memory as that. It’s more a function of how much traffic you expect the site to handle, I suppose. I’m going to get a VPS for a personal site that’s quite a bit simpler, and I’m planning on getting a 96MB VPS from Rimu for that. And just to prop Rimuhosting, they’ve had excellent support (even when I managed to put in an rc.d script that froze the system during boot). I highly recommend them. Matt ---
**Author:** ![karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/karunnt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-a-vps/77409/3 "2006-03-06T23:15:37Z")
I second Rimu. I’m talking back and forth with Peter about my VPS in almost real-time. These guys are great. - Rabbit * * * ---
**Author:** ![karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/karunnt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-a-vps/77409/4 "2006-03-06T23:40:02Z")
I third Rimu. I’m no Linux master so I’ve made a few small mistakes setting up things and they’ve been quite helpful fixing my mistakes. I’m running the 96MB VPS for my personal site and a few subversion repositories. Eric Rabbit wrote: > > record database on the same machine, and it’s quite responsive. Since your > > Matt > > > > > What are the minimal requirements for a vps? > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – Eric G. [http://www.ericgoodwin.com](http://www.ericgoodwin.com) ---
**Author:** ![karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/karunnt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-a-vps/77409/5 "2006-03-07T00:33:39Z")
Matt W. wrote: > I’m running on a 160MB VPS with [Rimuhosting.com](http://Rimuhosting.com) that’s pushing a 500,000 > record database on the same machine, and it’s quite responsive. Since > your Hi Matt, Can you tell me what are your memory allocations for Postgres? How much ram do you give to postgres? Can you put your whole DB in Ram? I was told that putting a Postgres DB on a VPS (which does not have a true filesystem) will be slow unless you have a lot of ram to allocate to your DB. I’m just checking if this is really the case. Thanks, Nagita ---
**Author:** ![karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/karunnt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-a-vps/77409/6 "2006-03-07T00:07:19Z")
Rimu is great for vps type servers. They are very helpful and responsive. They are the best Xen based VPS provider I have tried out of close to 5 others. So yeah they rock. -Ezra On Mar 6, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Eric G. wrote: > > - Rabbit > > > > > need as much > > > managed to put in an rc.d script that froze the system during > > > > > > > database on a different machine. > > > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > – > > Eric G. > [http://www.ericgoodwin.com](http://www.ericgoodwin.com) > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) -Ezra Z. Yakima Herald-Republic WebMaster > **[yakimaherald.com | Yakima, Washington - We Tell Your Stories](https://www.yakimaherald.com/)** 509-577-7732 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/karunnt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-a-vps/77409/7 "2006-03-07T00:46:48Z")
On Mar 6, 2006, at 3:33 PM, Nagita Ka wrote: > ram do you give to postgres? If you make sure that the VPS you use is running the Xen VM software then this is less of a concern. With Xen being a linux kernel module the VPS’s can get almost direct filesystem access speeds. With other virtual technologies the filesystem access is horrible. Cheers- -Ezra Z. Yakima Herald-Republic WebMaster > **[yakimaherald.com | Yakima, Washington - We Tell Your Stories](https://www.yakimaherald.com/)** 509-577-7732 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/karunnt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-a-vps/77409/8 "2006-03-07T03:35:50Z")
Nagita Ka wrote: > I’m looking for a virtual private server to run a RoR site accessing a > database on a different machine. > > This is a small application - basically a form to add records, and a few > summary screens. > > What are the minimal requirements for a vps? > > Thanks. Memory is a good starting point for determining minimal requirements. If you are not running a database on the VPS, then the amount of RAM you need is ultimately determined by how many processes (fcgi/mongrel) you need. A Rails process typically requires ~25mb in “production” mode (YMMV). If you use script/process/spinner, then add room for another process. Then add some padding for lighttpd, syslogd, cron, sshd, and any service monitoring like supervise. Finally, be sure to disable any running services that you don’t need that might be installed by default. If you want a real number, start with 96mb and grow from there. For reference, our servers with 256mb are comfortably running lighty, mysql, and 3 applications with 2 fcgi processes each. I’m also looking at configurations involving pgsql, sqlite, and mongrel, but don’t have good numbers just yet. Good luck! Bradley Taylor * * * Rails Machine Simplified web application deployment [http://railsmachine.com](http://railsmachine.com) ---
**Author:** ![karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@karunnt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/karunnt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-a-vps/77409/9 "2006-03-07T03:41:51Z")
2006/3/6, bradley taylor [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > If you want a real number, start with 96mb and grow from there. For > reference, our servers with 256mb are comfortably running lighty, mysql, > and 3 applications with 2 fcgi processes each. I’m also looking at > configurations involving pgsql, sqlite, and mongrel, but don’t have good > numbers just yet. For another data point, I am running the following: 128 Mb Running Lighttpd, MySQL 5, supervise, 4 Rails applications on SCGI. I’m very thight on RAM, but that is partially caused by requiring that MySQL run with InnoDB. If you don’t need it, just disable it. That’ll save you loads of RAM. I usually end up with 12 Mb RAM and 8 MB swap free. I should really upgrade to 160 Mb soon. Bye !