Upcoming Events
NYC CiviCRM Meetup - September 7th
September 7th, 2010
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Configuring, Customizing and Extending CiviCRM - New York
September 16th, 2010
This comprehensive two-day hands on training course is targeted at (more...)
CiviCRM User and Administrator Training - New York
September 16th, 2010
A comprehensive two day hands on training course covering the configuration, (more...)
CiviCRM Code and Test Sprint - New York
September 18th, 2010
This code and test sprint is targeted at experienced developers who want to (more...)
CiviCRM Toronto Meetup
September 21st, 2010
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CiviCRM Philly Meetup – September 2010
September 23rd, 2010
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CiviCRM Seminar - Dublin
September 28th, 2010
NfP Services are hosting a free seminar at The IBOA, Stephen St Upper, Dublin 8 (more...)
London developer and implementer training
September 30th, 2010
This comprehensive two-day hands on training course is targeted at implementers, (more...)
London user and administrator training
September 30th, 2010
A comprehensive two day hands on training course covering the configuration, (more...)
Berlin user and administrator training
October 6th, 2010
A comprehensive one day hands on training course covering the configuration, (more...)
Berlin developer and implementer training
October 7th, 2010
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Benelux meetup in Brussels: Connect, communicate and activate your supporters and constituents
October 11th, 2010
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CiviCRM Toronto Meetup
October 19th, 2010
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CiviCRM Toronto Meetup
November 16th, 2010
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CiviCRM Components
Tools for engaging your supporters...
How much server (disk space and memory) do I need to run my CiviCRM implementation....
- Not Just a Contact Database
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These optional components give you more power to connect and engage your supporters.
civiCONTRIBUTE
Online fundraising and donor management.
civiEVENT
Online event registration and participant tracking.
civiMEMBER
Online signup and membership management.
civiMAIL
Personalized email blasts and newsletters.
civiREPORT
Report generation and template management.
How much server (disk space and memory) do I need to run my CiviCRM implementation....
The answer is, of course, it depends. But what are the critical factors?
-- Data base size (Number of contacts and number of custom data fields, relationships, groups, etc.)
-- Number of users (light usage vs. heavy usage)
-- What other applications will be running? (A CMS with a small data base or Jasper Reports with a lot of simultaneous users.)
I think it would be good to put forth some guidelines or rules of thumb.
For example for a database with 30,000 contacts, 200 custom data fields, a few dozen groups and relationships, integrated with a Drupal website with 200 pages with 5-10 heavy Civi users and a few hundred authenticated users….what you recommend and why? What if those 5-10 Civi users were also running Jasper reports?
If you have experience hardware sizing or, even better, if you are a hosting provider I’d love to hear what you think.
What if there were only 10K contacts or 300K?
What if Jasper were not included?
What if there were 25 heavy users or only 2?
What do you consider the most leveraging factors?
Comments
At least
I just promoted my site from development to production and encountered that the challenge was not whether the hosting had enough power, but how much of that are they REALLY letting me use. I have a really small user group. 2-3 Admins, about 100-200 contacts and authenticated users. And I discovered that they said I had 512MB configured for Perl per session. They didn't let me use that max at all. After getting the allocation error infrequently, I spotted a quick application that would increase a string and use of memory until it reached the max. That's when I had proof to the hosting provider that I had discovered that the max they were allowing me was about 30mb and that I need more.
Apparently each Drupal/CiviCRM sessions needs at least 40mb to run. After the hosting provider removed their limit I was able to run without a memory allocation problem.
TravelingPharaoh
www.northtexasmissions.org
I think the bigger factor is
I think the bigger factor is your experience. You could probably run the above scenario smoothly on a VPS with 512MB RAM. But if you don't know anything about tuning LAMP then you may need more.
I haven't thought about disk space in years. It's rarely an issue.
Memory requirements on a VPS
We were having serious performance issues on a shared host and moved to a VPS -
Performance issues continued until we increased our memory allowance - the database, disk and bandwidth resources are all far in excess of our need.
We now have 512 MB RAM - less than that and we have lots of problems with pages not loading and with the server 'tripping out' - leaving our users with server 500 errors. At this level we seem to be fine (though I have my fingers and toes crossed!)
We run latest versions of civiCRM and Drupal and make free use of custom data and profiles, and use memberships linked with taxonomy access control.