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Picking the Right Vslice

The Linux or Windows VPS vSlice you need depends on many factors, including the applications you run and the amount of bandwidth and disk space required. The graph below makes some suggestions - remember though, you can upgrade your VPS vSlice at any time with very little downtime. vSlice VPS's range from cheap and affordable to powerful and full featured.

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Applications Notes
VSlice - 256MB Great for Dev/testing work - Cheap and reliable VPS
Choice of Linux environments
Suitable when full shell/SSH access is required
There are not enough resources to run a graphical interface, GUI, or hosting control panel
VSlice - 512MB Small Linux resellers (up to 15 clients)
Medium sized blogs and forums
Simple control panel software for Linux supported (e.g., Webmin)
This VPS may not run cPanel, Plesk, Helm or other intensive software properly
VSlice - 768MB Win 2003 and other GUIs are supported
Full support for cPanel, Plesk, Ensim, etc
Suitable for use as a MySQL Database server at medium load
Overloading this vSlice with top heavy Windows applications may create performance issues
VSlice - 1024MB Busy ecommerce, forum or social networking sites
Suitable for medium resellers (up to 100 accounts)
Busy sites and applications should use Linux to make the most out of this slice
VSlice - 1536MB Suitable for Windows MSSQL Server
Great for heavy multimedia and interactive applications utilising javascript, php, perl
Applications like Windows MSSQL may need their own dedicated vSlice, with IIS and other functions separated
VSlice - 2048MB Enough grunt to run Oracle
Java applets/JVM supported
Can also drive hosted Microsoft Windows apps such as Sharepoint, Biztalk, CRM. Suitable for use as a Windows shared hosting platform
This vSlice is great for RAM hungry applications that might otherwise crash the VM
VSlice - Dual Core Great for large shared hosting resellers, 300+ accounts
Supports Exchange and Active Directory
Suitable for larger Oracle and SQL based DBs
Suitable for processor intensive applications
This vSlice can be upgraded further - up to 4 cores and 15.5GB of RAM. Call us for more details

Please note: these are broad guidelines intended for informational purposes only. Your hosted applications and unique configurations may require more resources than what is indicated above.

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