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How many shares do I need?

Here you will find examples of using our our servers from 1 to 16 shares. This list is definitely not exhaustive, and you are totally free to do whatever you wish with your shares. We recommend that you only use as many shares as you need, and to add additional shares to reach the level of performance that you need.

1 share

1 share is equal to a server with 256 MB of RAM (+512 MB of swap), 5 GB of RAID60 disk space reserved for your data (the system is on another disk) and 5 Mbits of guaranteed bandwidth (up to 1.5 TB of transfer per month).

  

Examples of Use

  • a classic web server
  • a backup or storage server
  • an IRC or TeamSpeak server
  

2 shares

2 shares is equal to a server with 1 or 2 processors with 512 MB of guaranteed memory (+512 MB of swap), 10 GB of RAID60 disk space and 10 Mbits of bandwidth

  

Examples of Use

  • a multi service server (web, mail..)
  • a mail server for a small company
  • a shared storage server
  

4 shares

4 shares allows you to set up a server with 2 to 4 processors, with 1 GB of guaranteed RAM (+512 MB of SWAP), 20 GB of RAID60 and 20 Mbits of bandwidth.

  

Examples of Use

  • a comfortable web server
  • a game server
  

16 shares

16 provides you with the possibility of having a server with 2 to 8 processors, 4 GB of RAM guaranteed (+512 MB of SWAP), an 80 GB RAID60 data disk, and 80 Mbits of dedicated bandwidth

  

Examples of Use

  • a high-scale multi-service server
  • a database server
  • a streaming video server
  


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