What VPS characteristics are really important?

KirisaА · July 23

I'm looking for a VPS for a fairly loaded application, and the deeper I dig, the more questions I have. Some say that the main thing is the CPU, others say that the speed of the NVMe disk is more important. How do you determine how much RAM you really need if there are background processes and API requests?

I was advised to look at hostpro.com, where, by the way, daily backups are included in the tariff, which was surprising because most providers charge for it separately. But in general, I want to understand: what do you focus on when choosing a VPS - the number of vCPUs, IOPS, disk stability, backups? Please share your experience.

Mivocloud · July 23

Hi

There are many factors that influence the choice of a VPS, for example, it is important to pay attention to the geographical location of the server, and it is also very important how technical support works and how quickly they can help you. However, if we are talking specifically about technical characteristics, then ideally take a server with completely good characteristics, it is important to have both a good processor and disk speed. However, in order to understand your request more, you need at least a little more information, but I can say that it is important that the processor is powerful and in addition there should be enough RAM in this case and then your server will work stably.

akess2756 · July 23

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Roletteros · July 28

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