"keeping another process running on the VPS just gobbles its 256MB of RAM even faster" Why not upgrade? On Slicehost, going from 256 to 512 MB is only $20 extr

"keeping another process running on the VPS just gobbles its 256MB of RAM even faster" Why not upgrade? On Slicehost, going from 256 to 512 MB is only $20 extra. If you're running a business on it, I think that's a pretty reasonable expense, especially if it can save you even a little time (within reason).