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Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
Hi,
I have a VPS with 512MB RAM on which I plan on hosting a website. Right now I am using Debian 7 x86 (instead of CentOS) as I want to keep RAM usage to minimum. Because later I will be installing nginx and MySQL so I want my site to perform better as much as possible.
I have the option to install Debian 8, shall I go for it? Do you think there are advantages of using Debian 8 instead of 7 like some improved security and memory management etc.?
Thanks
I have a VPS with 512MB RAM on which I plan on hosting a website. Right now I am using Debian 7 x86 (instead of CentOS) as I want to keep RAM usage to minimum. Because later I will be installing nginx and MySQL so I want my site to perform better as much as possible.
I have the option to install Debian 8, shall I go for it? Do you think there are advantages of using Debian 8 instead of 7 like some improved security and memory management etc.?
Thanks
Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
9, number 9...
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Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
Debian 9 is not available for install.acewiza wrote:9, number 9...
-Lennon/McCartney "Revolution 9"
Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
Yes.aliweb wrote:I have the option to install Debian 8, shall I go for it?
It isn't a question of "think." Debian 7 (Wheezy) goes EOL in 9 months and will not longer receive security updates.aliweb wrote: Do you think there are advantages of using Debian 8 instead of 7 like some improved security and memory management etc.?
tl;dr: You'll have to install 8 either now or a few months from now. Unless you have some odd emotional attachment to doing extra work for no particular reason, your choice is clear.
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Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
I am using Debian 7 on one server. (but not VPN) It works fine.
started another server, in preparation for when the Debian 7 support runs out.
https://www.debian.org/distrib/
Debian 8 or 9, or even Debian, but that is up to you to decide.
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I have all readydasein> It isn't a question of "think." Debian 7 (Wheezy) goes EOL in 9 months and will not longer receive security updates.
started another server, in preparation for when the Debian 7 support runs out.
Yes it is available:Post by aliweb »Debian 9 is not available for install.
https://www.debian.org/distrib/
Not really, you can also install a different OS, to a server , it does not have to bedasein>>tl;dr: You'll have to install 8 either now or a few months from now.
Debian 8 or 9, or even Debian, but that is up to you to decide.
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Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
If it's for a server only, you might wanna consider FreeBSD too. I for one would love to try it one day. As Garry mentioned, you are not tied to only one distro.
EDIT: Just saw Gary is using OpenBSD It is a hardened version of FreeBSD.
EDIT: Just saw Gary is using OpenBSD It is a hardened version of FreeBSD.
Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
FreeBSD is what I originally planned but this hosting provider doesn't has FreeBSD in list of OS install. Although you can install your own OS but I have never used Linux/Unix before so I am a bit skeptical.Wheelerof4te wrote:If it's for a server only, you might wanna consider FreeBSD too. I for one would love to try it one day. As Garry mentioned, you are not tied to only one distro.
EDIT: Just saw Gary is using OpenBSD It is a hardened version of FreeBSD.
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Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
I heard they have good documentation. Check out their handbook:
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO88 ... /handbook/
Other than that, your best bet at server distros are CentOS (since RedHat is not free) or Debian.
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO88 ... /handbook/
Other than that, your best bet at server distros are CentOS (since RedHat is not free) or Debian.
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Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
Anyway, if you are set on using Debian, I agree with Dasein, it would be better to use Debian 8, which is all ready "old stable", if you stay with Debian 7 you will need to do something in 8 or 9 months, with Debian 8 you will have the security support for a few
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Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
I believe 8 is more memory management improved than 7.Do you think there are advantages of using Debian 8 instead of 7 like some improved security and memory management etc.?
Such as zram,zswap,etc(but I don't know more).
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Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
Man, you kidding?NoobProgrammer wrote:If you want to do Linux severs, I'd recommend Gentoo.
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Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
Hey, while Gentoo is not the easiest OS to install, it is very configurable - meaning that you could build the OS with what you need and just what you need. A good thing if you only have 512MB RAM, and lots of spare time to configure the build.
Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
Since Debian 6 era, Linux has peaked in ram usage. You might as well use the latest. Your ram usage is all workload dependent.
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Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
well your choice is clear (debian 8 aka jessie), but just a comment:
if you install debian without a graphical desktop (as it should be on a server), i don't think it makes a lot of difference which version you install.
also remember to use nginx instead of apache, it's much easier on resources.
if you install debian without a graphical desktop (as it should be on a server), i don't think it makes a lot of difference which version you install.
also remember to use nginx instead of apache, it's much easier on resources.
Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
Maybe we should just reply to every thread with "install Gentoo".RU55EL wrote:Hey, while Gentoo is not the easiest OS to install, it is very configurable - meaning that you could build the OS with what you need and just what you need. A good thing if you only have 512MB RAM, and lots of spare time to configure the build.
Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
Maybe we should not reply to every thread?Lysander wrote:Maybe we should just reply to every thread with "install Gentoo".RU55EL wrote:Hey, while Gentoo is not the easiest OS to install, it is very configurable - meaning that you could build the OS with what you need and just what you need. A good thing if you only have 512MB RAM, and lots of spare time to configure the build.
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Re: Debian 7 or 8 on 512MB RAM
I would respectfully disagreedebiman wrote:if you install debian without a graphical desktop (as it should be on a server), i don't think it makes a lot of difference which version you install.
The newest version of the Debian stable release includes all the latest upstream bug fixes (rather than patches applied by the Security Team) and Debian stretch now offers significant protection against ROP attacks [1] and is thus _much_ more secure than previous releases.
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