So unless I am misreading the previous posts, FarCry should not be used in production on a shared box.
Correct? On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Jeff Coughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Pete, > > > Can you suggest any other hosting companies with a cheaper VPS than > > HostMySite > > Unfortunately I cannot. I haven't personally used a shared hosting > service. > > 512MB RAM sounds pretty low. Assuming it's a Windows server, 512MB is > likely needed just to run Windows. I'm assuming SQL is on another > box. If not, then MSSQL itself will want RAM. Note: If MSSQL costs > extra, you can always go with a free DB like MySQL or PostgreSQL. I > use MySQL for some FarCry projects and it runs quite well (and > requires less resources than MSSQL). > > Personally when I run a server that has Windows, MSSQL, and CF (all on > the same box), I don't like to run anything less than 2GB RAM. > Fortunately RAM is cheap. The downside is that most VPS solutions > charge way too much for RAM (it's disgusting how much they charge for > it when the RAM is so cheap to buy). > > All of my servers are my own. All of my clients have their own > servers. I only have one client who uses a VPS solution. They use > Crystaltech. The server is slow as a snail, but luckily FarCry's > object broker caches most of the data - allowing the site run quite > fast. That particular VPS has 1GB RAM (windows & CF) and their MSSQL > is on a separate shared box (with WAY too many accounts - plus they > never ran a single service pack on the MSSQL box which is a security > concern for me). > > Good luck. > > -- > Jeff Coughlin > Web Application Developer > http://jeffcoughlin.com > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "farcry-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
