Question
What size droplet for Rstudio with 100 students
- Posted on January 12, 2017
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Asked by michaelparzen
Hi-I’m using the smallest droplet right now and love it.
What size droplet would people recommend for a basic introductory stats class for 100 students using Rstudio? No single data set would be larger then say 5000 rows by 20 variables.
Thanks
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@michaelparzen
From what I’m reading, the requirements are fairly minimal, though different sources give varied data on what one would need.
I’d recommend starting with a 1GB Droplet and scaling from there. Upgrading is always an option, so start semi-small and work your way up. You can monitor resource usage using
topwhich will give you and overview of CPU & RAM usage as well as what the most resource-intensive processes are.