Comments on: 32bit vs 64bit for a low end vps

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By: akamaras

akamaras — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:38:09 +0000

In reply to dvb. a 2GB ram vps isn't a low end vps by any means. Go ahead and install your favourite 64bit linux distribution.

By: dvb

dvb — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:22:52 +0000

Hi again,

I’ll explain my needs, I want to be kind of a reseller. I’ll purchase VPS with 1 or 2 GB RAM. Intended to host many small sites, I’ll develop & manage most of the domains, I know personally most of my customers. But I want the customers to be able to manage their sites by themself while limiting them to their domains, preferably limit also RAM,CPU etc. if it’s possible. The host is running ESX server.

Any further opinion will be appreciated.

By: Polyvios

Polyvios — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:59:38 +0000

By my experience, i found that a 64bit linux system works better than a 32bit if the available memory is 1GB or more. So for vps i suggest 32bit.

By: akamaras

akamaras — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:04:59 +0000

if you’re after speed and you’re low on ram you should install nginx instead of apache with no control panel. All control panels consume resources.

if you’re not sure about doing everything via ssh and you’re between virtualmin and ispconfig I would suggest virtualmin, it’s easier to install and configure. at the post installation wizard configure everything for low ram usage, you will have slightly slower mail delivery but you will gain about 130-200mb of RAM. also try to disable all unneeded services eg. mailman

if you’re really low on ram and you’re after a cpanel you should also try kloxo

as for the 32bit vs 64bit, if you’re on a vps with 512MB or less and you want to run a control panel with all services (web mail spam database dns….etc), you should go for 32bit version. but it depends from a lot things, even the virtualization technology you’re on matters

PS. apache will be faster on 32bit than in 64bit optimized for low ram consumption 😉

By: dvb

dvb — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:00:39 +0000

Nice comparison, I’ve just purchased VPS plan and I’m trying to find the best solution to host multiple websites.

So I’ve searched for “virtualmin” and “ispconfig” but found this post, that is also important at this stage.

You didn’t take into account other calculations, what about the speed of the server? As far as I understand, apache works a lot faster under 64bit architecture. see:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_32_pae&num=1
http://www.21andy.com/blog/20100227/1719.html

After reading these benchmarks, I’ve decided to go with 64bit although the RAM usage, but I’m still unsure that this is the right decision.

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