How low of a box do I need?

[Jake]

Yo,

I'm currently running a $20 VPS at 4GB ram.

Now, before you freak out, this was a MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR deal brought down from $120.

It is a 2GHz Quad Core vCPU.

(I think...)

Anyway, on to the point. This is WAY to much than what I need. The company I'm with charges more than I'm paying for lower stats.

I need two servers.

One for serving websites, and one for serving mail and providing webmail.

How low of a box can I go for the web?

512MB?

I need a min of 512 for the mail because of the webmail part of it, but how low can I go for the web box?

Thanks.

Is it OK to use openvz for web serving/mail serving?

 

[Pvcomputers]

I find i can run a small webserver very well with only 256mb of ram but that is is for internal use only. For email server I don't really know.

I hope that helps
Regards,
Patrick

 

[JamesD31]

A full email server? What is the reason for this change? Also note, since you are on a virtual box, you can always upgrade easily. So I would suggest start small and move up as you "expand." Though, email servers do use a lot of resources, though in small bursts.

 

[froggyboy604]

If your sites get low to medium amounts of traffic you can try shared web hosting.

A lot of shared web host offer bundled webmail services as well.

 

[JamesD31]

The only problem with shared hosting accounts is the hosting company's TOS probably prohibits that type of thing. Usually shared hosting accounts are against any sort of service hosting / providing website. This includes webmail and picture / video hosting.