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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.

| 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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