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I run about 15 Wordpress sites on the cheapest Linode package, using nginx and php-fpm. Of course, all of these are very low traffic sites. There was definite

I run about 15 Wordpress sites on the cheapest Linode package, using nginx and php-fpm. Of course, all of these are very low traffic sites. There was definitely a learning curve, especially with nginx and Wordpress. I'm much more of a web developer than a server admin, but once everything got up and running, there's very, very little in terms of day to day maintenance. I used to be on a shared host but also ran into issues with memory and general downtime. Not to mention there is something liberating about having your own (virtual) box.

luxpir 13y ago
Yes, a strange and perhaps odd liberating feeling is there. Also slight terror about you yourself being nearly fully accountable for any backups, downtime or losses. Linode have great hardware, too. I can see how 15 sites would be possible. It's pretty incredible, really. As mentioned elsewhere, if only Wordpress could run on sqlite, trending towards less resources rather than more...