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We have not worked out the exact specifications of the virtual machines at this time; we need to balance usability against overall cost and that depends to some
by tpearson-raptor 10y ago
We have not worked out the exact specifications of the virtual machines at this time; we need to balance usability against overall cost and that depends to some extent on the number of signups we receive.
Initial targets were a dual core VM with 2GB RAM and 10GB storage. Would you consider this underpowered or acceptable?
- ralmidani 10y agoNot bad at all. :) Edit: In terms of CPU and RAM, this is comparable (in the sense they can be compared) to a $20/month VM at Digital Ocean. As far as strorage, have you considered using standard drives in addition to enterprise SAS drives? Are you trying to go mainstream with the platform as quickly as possible, or just trying to carve out a niche for now?
- tpearson-raptor 10y agoThe cost difference between SAS and SATA isn't all that much, and SAS has some nice benefits especially when used in a RAID type configuration. We see this first run as targeting more niche and corporate / government type use cases, however (should funding be met) subsequent runs after this first one may be targeted more at a mainstream audience. It's far too early to tell at this stage.