Hi,

I just googled for a minute and found that OVH apparently offers a VPS with 4
vCPU and 8GB RAM for $5.61/mo [1]. I do not know what other requirements you
have, but I guess that could do for you. And there are probably many more
vendors with more reasonable pricing, if you dig a bit.

[1] https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-sg/vps/

Am 2025-10-27 08:33:15 schrieb Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via discuss:
> Dear Jonathan,
> 
> I have taken a look at the Linode Cloud Essential Compute plans.
> 
> https://www.linode.com/pricing/?utm_medium=website&utm_source=akamai#compute-essential
> 
> To meet the minimum requirements for Zabbix, I need to choose a VPS with 4 
> CPUs and 8 GB of RAM. It would cost USD$48 per month. Too expensive for me.
> 
> Linode also has VPS with 1 CPU and 1 GB of RAM. Same pricing as my Vultr VPS 
> with 1 CPU and 1 GB of RAM at USD$5 per month.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
> Singapore
> 27 Oct 2025 Monday 4.31 pm
> 
> On Monday, October 27th, 2025 at 4:10 PM, Jonathan Aquilina 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Good Morning,
> >
> > Try out Linode and see if the minimum specifications server they offer is 
> > within your budget.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jonathan
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > From: Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming <[email protected]>
> > Sent: 27 October 2025 09:08
> > To: Jonathan Aquilina <[email protected]>
> > Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>; 
> > [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [MariaDB discuss] MariaDB Database Server on Ubuntu keeps 
> > shutting down
> >
> > Dear Jonathan,
> >
> > My VPS provider is Vultr.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
> > Singapore
> > 27 Oct 2025 Monday 4.07 pm
> >
> > On Monday, October 27th, 2025 at 3:59 PM, Jonathan Aquilina 
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Good Morning,
> >>
> >> What provider are you using? I would recommend using Linode as they have a 
> >> large number of data centers including in the APAC region. Check them out 
> >> as they are not that expensive plus backups as well for the VPS's
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Jonathan
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> From: Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming <[email protected]>
> >> Sent: 27 October 2025 08:56
> >> To: Jonathan Aquilina <[email protected]>
> >> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>; 
> >> [email protected] <[email protected]>
> >> Subject: Re: [MariaDB discuss] MariaDB Database Server on Ubuntu keeps 
> >> shutting down
> >>
> >> Dear Jonathan,
> >>
> >> I have read the Zabbix documentation you provided.
> >>
> >> The minimum requirement for Zabbix is 2 vCPUs and 8 GB of RAM.
> >>
> >> Looks like my Virtual Private Server (VPS) in Tokyo, Japan doesn't meet 
> >> the minimum requirements for Zabbix.
> >>
> >> My VPS only has 1 vCPU and 1 GB of RAM. Immensely inferior.
> >>
> >> But upgrading the VPS until it meets the minimum Zabbix requirements is 
> >> very very expensive.
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
> >> Singapore
> >> 27 Oct 2025 Monday 3.54 pm
> >>
> >> On Monday, October 27th, 2025 at 3:12 PM, Jonathan Aquilina 
> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Good Morning,
> >>>
> >>> To me it seems like your machine doesnt meet the required specifications 
> >>> suggested by zabbix.
> >>>
> >>> https://link.edgepilot.com/s/daf51df1/0VtVd13zVEyTckbLBqiXEQ?u=https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/installation/requirements
> >>>
> >>> Is there anything in mariadb logs? I am suspecting this is a ram issue. I 
> >>> had the case on a web hosting server where one client would send out 
> >>> massive email shots and in doing so the db would collapse due to not 
> >>> having enough ram available on the server. Increased the ram on the vps 
> >>> and that solved the issue for me as everything is now stable when this 
> >>> client sends out their massive mailshots.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Jonathan
> >>>
> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> From: Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via discuss 
> >>> <[email protected]>
> >>> Sent: 27 October 2025 06:17
> >>> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> >>> Subject: [MariaDB discuss] MariaDB Database Server on Ubuntu keeps 
> >>> shutting down
> >>>
> >>> Subject: MariaDB Database Server on Ubuntu keeps shutting down
> >>>
> >>> Good day from Singapore,
> >>>
> >>> Recently I have just installed Zabbix 7.4 network monitoring tool on 
> >>> Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS Linux server.
> >>>
> >>> My Virtual Private Server (VPS) in Tokyo, Japan has 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM and 
> >>> 25 GB SSD storage.
> >>>
> >>> The 1st time, MariaDB server shuts down after about 11 hours.
> >>>
> >>> The 2nd time, MariaDB server shuts down after about 23 hours.
> >>>
> >>> Is it because my VPS doesn't have enough resources and need to upgrade to 
> >>> a better VPS with higher specs?
> >>>
> >>> Please refer to the MariaDB server output below.
> >>>
> >>> root@zabbix:~# systemctl status mariadb
> >>> ○ mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.11.13 database server
> >>> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; enabled; preset: 
> >>> enabled)
> >>> Active: inactive (dead) since Fri 2025-10-24 06:39:30 UTC; 2 days ago
> >>> Duration: 23h 29min 16.074s
> >>> Docs: man:mariadbd(8)
> >>> https://link.edgepilot.com/s/08ef0649/TGal6bPiEEOyLAs3nqSLWg?u=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/systemd/
> >>> Process: 1128 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mariadbd $MYSQLD_OPTS 
> >>> $_WSREP_NEW_CLUSTER $_WSREP_START_POSITION (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
> >>> Main PID: 1128 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
> >>> Status: "MariaDB server is down"
> >>> CPU: 5min 2.242s
> >>>
> >>> Oct 24 06:39:29 zabbix mariadbd[1128]: 2025-10-24 6:39:29 0 [Note] 
> >>> InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
> >>> Oct 24 06:39:29 zabbix mariadbd[1128]: 2025-10-24 6:39:29 0 [Note] 
> >>> InnoDB: Dumping buffer pool(s) to /var/lib/mysql/ib_buffer_pool
> >>> Oct 24 06:39:29 zabbix mariadbd[1128]: 2025-10-24 6:39:29 0 [Note] 
> >>> InnoDB: Restricted to 2028 pages due to innodb_buf_pool_dump_pct=25
> >>> Oct 24 06:39:29 zabbix mariadbd[1128]: 2025-10-24 6:39:29 0 [Note] 
> >>> InnoDB: Buffer pool(s) dump completed at 251024 6:39:29
> >>> Oct 24 06:39:30 zabbix mariadbd[1128]: 2025-10-24 6:39:30 0 [Note] 
> >>> InnoDB: Removed temporary tablespace data file: "./ibtmp1"
> >>> Oct 24 06:39:30 zabbix mariadbd[1128]: 2025-10-24 6:39:30 0 [Note] 
> >>> InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 227021262; transaction id 
> >>> 418034
> >>> Oct 24 06:39:30 zabbix mariadbd[1128]: 2025-10-24 6:39:30 0 [Note] 
> >>> /usr/sbin/mariadbd: Shutdown complete
> >>> Oct 24 06:39:30 zabbix systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Deactivated 
> >>> successfully.
> >>> Oct 24 06:39:30 zabbix systemd[1]: Stopped mariadb.service - MariaDB 
> >>> 10.11.13 database server.
> >>> Oct 24 06:39:30 zabbix systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Consumed 5min 2.242s 
> >>> CPU time, 198.6M memory peak, 125.7M memory swap peak.
> >>>
> >>> I need to reboot my Ubuntu VPS every time before my Zabbix server will 
> >>> run.
> >>>
> >>> Please advise.
> >>>
> >>> Looking forward to your reply.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
> >>> Singapore 27 Oct 2025 Monday 11.17 am
> >>>
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