HostingKing
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Hello,
I'm currently running a few sites on a server with these specs:
Intel Core I5 760 2.8 GHZ Processor with 8 MB cache
2 GB RAM
150 GB HD, but that's not really important in this situation.
Well, recently I guess one of my site's been getting more traffic. There's no particular reason, but it's just been receiving more traffic. If I had to guess, it probably gets about 6,000-7,000 hits per day.
Now of late, Apache has been hanging regularly. I've been trying to resolve this with the host, who has helped me to tweak some things, but still it hangs a few times a day— at least two, three, or even four times a day for the last week or so. When it isn't caught right away, loads get up to 30-40 and sometimes the server has to be rebooted remotely to regain access.
It's been behaving for the most part today, though I've restarted it once or twice this morning.
So, is it too much for this server? I can easily upgrade, but would have to pay about $50 extra for basically 4 GB RAM and a 2 core processor. I'm still evaluating whether it is worth it, or whether I should continue debugging the issue. The site is a simple Drupal installation with caching enabled in all possible places.
I'm currently running a few sites on a server with these specs:
Intel Core I5 760 2.8 GHZ Processor with 8 MB cache
2 GB RAM
150 GB HD, but that's not really important in this situation.
Well, recently I guess one of my site's been getting more traffic. There's no particular reason, but it's just been receiving more traffic. If I had to guess, it probably gets about 6,000-7,000 hits per day.
Now of late, Apache has been hanging regularly. I've been trying to resolve this with the host, who has helped me to tweak some things, but still it hangs a few times a day— at least two, three, or even four times a day for the last week or so. When it isn't caught right away, loads get up to 30-40 and sometimes the server has to be rebooted remotely to regain access.
It's been behaving for the most part today, though I've restarted it once or twice this morning.
So, is it too much for this server? I can easily upgrade, but would have to pay about $50 extra for basically 4 GB RAM and a 2 core processor. I'm still evaluating whether it is worth it, or whether I should continue debugging the issue. The site is a simple Drupal installation with caching enabled in all possible places.