I recommend installing some graphing/monitoring software such as Munin and letting it do it's thing for a few weeks to build up a decent set of data. It will graph memory, cpu, network, web activity, etc so that you'll have a solid idea of what your usage requirements will be.<br>
<br><a href="http://munin-monitoring.org/">http://munin-monitoring.org/</a><br><br>-jason<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:59 AM, William O'Higgins Witteman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:william.ohiggins-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA@public.gmane.org" target="_blank">william.ohiggins@utoronto.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I currently serve web pages and email from my home server. The traffic<br>
seems quite low, but I never check how low, because it never mattered.<br>
<br>
Now, I am looking to move this server offsite, preferably in Canada (for<br>
latency/legal reasons (hosting in the US (the land of the Free TM) is<br>
not acceptable)). I'd rather not spend much money, but I far prefer<br>
full control over the machine, but not necessarily the hardware. To me<br>
that says renting a Virtual Private Server somewhere.<br>
<br>
So, how do I estimate traffic, RAM, CPU usage so I know if I need a fast<br>
machine?<br>
<br>
Also, who do you recommend as a vendor of VPSs?<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
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yours,<br>
<br>
William<br>
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