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bstrobl

Is the UK SSD Cached KVM 256MB for 10€ still valid?

Have to test out how well Ubuntu 20.04 runs on only 256 RAM

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@bstrobl said:
Is the UK SSD Cached KVM 256MB for 10€ still valid?

Have to test out how well Ubuntu 20.04 runs on only 256 RAM

Nope, but its only €14 on regular pricing I would be surprised if a 5.x kernel would even boot on 256mb ram but I have not tried it.

bstrobl

@AnthonySmith said:

@bstrobl said:
Is the UK SSD Cached KVM 256MB for 10€ still valid?

Have to test out how well Ubuntu 20.04 runs on only 256 RAM

Nope, but its only €14 on regular pricing I would be surprised if a 5.x kernel would even boot on 256mb ram but I have not tried it.

Actually just noticed it came with 10GB storage, which means it could replace my current server. Gonna order one and try squeezing 20.04 in and see if it works

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@bstrobl said:

@AnthonySmith said:

@bstrobl said:
Is the UK SSD Cached KVM 256MB for 10€ still valid?

Have to test out how well Ubuntu 20.04 runs on only 256 RAM

Nope, but its only €14 on regular pricing I would be surprised if a 5.x kernel would even boot on 256mb ram but I have not tried it.

Actually just noticed it came with 10GB storage, which means it could replace my current server. Gonna order one and try squeezing 20.04 in and see if it works

Let us know how that goes

bstrobl

@AnthonySmith said:

@bstrobl said:

@AnthonySmith said:

@bstrobl said:
Is the UK SSD Cached KVM 256MB for 10€ still valid?

Have to test out how well Ubuntu 20.04 runs on only 256 RAM

Nope, but its only €14 on regular pricing I would be surprised if a 5.x kernel would even boot on 256mb ram but I have not tried it.

Actually just noticed it came with 10GB storage, which means it could replace my current server. Gonna order one and try squeezing 20.04 in and see if it works

Let us know how that goes

Upgrading from a 18.04 template to 20.04 is perfectly fine, with plenty of RAM left to run an Apache webserver (Around 80MB used, 5MB in swap) . This worked a lot better than the time I tried stuffing Debian 8 into only 128MB of RAM which caused intermittent systemd issues.

It turns out however that MySQL is a pretty big memory hog even without any databases. Using that will quickly ramp up the remaining memory and swap to max and cause massive slowdowns . With only 256MB, it's best to look for alternatives that use less RAM or find a way of configuring mysql/mariadb to make do with a lot less.

Since I am only using static pages and the rest of the server as storage/repository I am perfectly happy with the tradeoffs right now when it comes to ditching mysql .

vyas

Webinoly .

Edit: added later
Grab (mentioned below) is a AK I a good option. So is Bludit

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@bstrobl said: It turns out however that MySQL is a pretty big memory hog even without any databases. Using that will quickly ramp up the remaining memory and swap to max and cause massive slowdowns . With only 256MB, it's best to look for alternatives that use less RAM or find a way of configuring mysql/mariadb to make do with a lot less.

You should be able to tune the my.cnf to use a lot less ram as standard, failing that consider using grav for static content

bstrobl

@AnthonySmith said:

@bstrobl said: It turns out however that MySQL is a pretty big memory hog even without any databases. Using that will quickly ramp up the remaining memory and swap to max and cause massive slowdowns . With only 256MB, it's best to look for alternatives that use less RAM or find a way of configuring mysql/mariadb to make do with a lot less.

You should be able to tune the my.cnf to use a lot less ram as standard, failing that consider using grav for static content

Yeah plenty of ways of getting sql running with enough tinkering, just really surprised mysql needs half a gig just to get running in its default config nowadays.

Also heard good things about hugo for static sites : https://gohugo.io/

vyas

MySQL does not need that much RAM. I ran a WP site on tinykvm for months as I have written elsewhere in this and OGF

bstrobl

@vyas said:
MySQL does not need that much RAM. I ran a WP site on tinykvm for months as I have written elsewhere in this and OGF

Ah Webinoly looks good, will keep that in mind when I need a full LEMP stack, thanks