I would also say at least 2 cores and 4GB RAM. We have many clients that try to 
run 1 core with bare minimum RAM and their VPS does not run well. Especially 
when it's magento or opencart. 

Jason

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> On Sep 8, 2015, at 1:26 PM, Kevin Fries <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 1 core, 2 cores, 2GB RAM, 4GB RAM, the question is only relevant if you have 
> no expandability.  Select your software, take its recommendation, and 
> probably a little more, then make sure you can grow as needed.
> 
> Here is an example.
> 
> Let's say you go to AWS, get a server that is large enough to handle Magento. 
>  Your up, and in business.  Now, business is good.  Get another instance and 
> split off your database.  Business continues to grow, and you need a bigger 
> Megento instance.  No problem, snapshot your store, build a bigger instance, 
> move your elastic IP, and retire your old one.
> 
> As long as you have the ability to grow, just worry about getting something 
> that gets you in the game.
> 
> Kevin
> 
>> On Sep 8, 2015 2:06 PM, "Keith Smith" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am wondering what your opinion is on cores and RAM when using a VPS.
>> 
>> I am thinking about this in the context of Drupal and Magento, both of who 
>> are resource hogs.
>> 
>> I was told more RAM is much more valuable on a VPS than is the number of 
>> cores.
>> 
>> I'm assuming 4G of RAM is enough to not go into swap.  I'm thinking this 
>> should be fine for a production site with moderate traffic running either 
>> Drupal or Magento.
>> 
>> As you know more cores means more money when it comes to VPS servers, while 
>> RAM is cheap.
>> 
>> Of course we know opcode cache, varnish, and memcache(d) can work wonders in 
>> speeding up websites. For this discussion lets assume we are using none of 
>> them.
>> 
>> The question is, will a second core make all that much difference if enough 
>> RAM is present to not use swap?  How would I know I need a second core - 
>> look at the load?
>> 
>> And is there other consideration or things I should be looking at?
>> 
>> Thank you very much for all your feedback!!
>> 
>> Keith
>> 
>> 
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