We signed up with ThePlanet back in 2009 or 2010; I would say that @ that time, we probably had about 1.5mil posts @ that time, not sure how many users.
Now, we have about 3.3mil posts, 32K members, of which about 3500 are regular active members. I've been optimizing our db, the site, etc., but regardless of what I do, memory usage remains high (uses all but about 500Mb of our 4Gb, even at normal times).
Currently we're on a Xeon X3450 with 4Gb RAM, 2x250Gb 7200RPM SATAs, etc. with Softlayer (who, as I'm sure we all know, got bought out).
First consideration of course is memory and reliability; we'll be paring down our posts/users, tweaking some more, and doing other things (e.g., moving the db to its own hard drive), but being as we JUST moved to TP (and then SL) 2 or 3 years ago, the last thing I want to do is have to do this AGAIN in another year or two.
SO....any recommendations? Want to stay under $200/month; the server will pretty much be fully unmanaged (or managed by myself and another admin), with the exception of odd problems, of course.
Now, we have about 3.3mil posts, 32K members, of which about 3500 are regular active members. I've been optimizing our db, the site, etc., but regardless of what I do, memory usage remains high (uses all but about 500Mb of our 4Gb, even at normal times).
Currently we're on a Xeon X3450 with 4Gb RAM, 2x250Gb 7200RPM SATAs, etc. with Softlayer (who, as I'm sure we all know, got bought out).
First consideration of course is memory and reliability; we'll be paring down our posts/users, tweaking some more, and doing other things (e.g., moving the db to its own hard drive), but being as we JUST moved to TP (and then SL) 2 or 3 years ago, the last thing I want to do is have to do this AGAIN in another year or two.
SO....any recommendations? Want to stay under $200/month; the server will pretty much be fully unmanaged (or managed by myself and another admin), with the exception of odd problems, of course.
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