I’m developing a DB management system for an organization. I don’t expect many users. A max of 500, simultaneously, only about 20.
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Hi Kamal and Pablo <br>If memcache caches objects in memory rather than on disk, how would that help me if I start to run out of memory? <br>
Are you going to use <code>memcache</code> and <code>swap</code>? If so, it’s prob. okay to start with a 500MB droplet, given that DigitalOcean makes it easy to scale up to a droplet with more memory, if needed.
Hi Pablo <br> I am familiar with swap but not with memcache.Doesn’t the standard setup have a designated amount of swap ? Can I change it, if necessary ? <br> I’ll take a look at ‘memcache’ I Imagine with the SSD’s, caching memory to disk may not be as sluggish as magnetic drives. <br>I took the initiative of ordering the 1 GB droplet.With 1GB to start, hopefully, I’ll be alright for awhile. As I build the system I’ll just keep track of my memory usage. <br>Thanks for the reply. <br>Ralper <br>
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