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Beginner Questions ?

Posted on September 3, 2013

I am new to VPS. I have some questions ?

1.How many websites can I host in my VPS? 2.What Operating System will be installed by default? 3.Does the 512 MB memory affect my site load time ?



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1.How many websites can I host in my VPS? <br> <br>Theoretically you can host unlimited websites per VPS. <br> <br>> 2.What Operating System will be installed by default? <br> <br>You choose the OS you want to install, here’s a full list of the OSes we support: https://assets.digitalocean.com/oslist.png <br> <br>> 3.Does the 512 MB memory affect my site load time ? <br> <br>No. 512MB should handle several websites just fine depending on the webserver you install.

Nginx is usually faster and takes up less resources than Apache so I’d recommend going with nginx.

Each droplet is on a shared 1Gbps port.

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