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This is offtopic but what should be size of the VM to handle HN's front page traffic. I know a lot of it depends upon whether the website is static or is backed
by h43k3r 11y ago
This is offtopic but what should be size of the VM to handle HN's front page traffic. I know a lot of it depends upon whether the website is static or is backed by DB and on various different factors. But many a times some of my friends ask me questions like this.
To make it simple, lets take 2 very basic websites.
1. A ghost blog. (node.js)
2. A wordpress blog backed by a mysql db. (php)
- mseri 11y agoI had a ghost blog on a micro instance of a german VPN, a machine with 256mb of ram and not too fast processing power. Both times I reached HN home page, in one case for some hours, it worked without issues and only a minor slowdown.
- mseri 11y agoVPN was meant to be VPS but I cannot edit the post