Hi,

Do you have suggestions for kernel tweaks for getting the most out of a RAM limited system?

I am running a service requiring 2GB of RAM (netbird) on a VPS which has just 1 GB of memory. I am doing so because I am a stingy bastard and I use only free VPSs for my personal use so I get what I am paying for.

Because of this hardware limit in about 12 hours from service start I begin swapping a bit too much. This would still be manageable but soon the hypervisor gets really pissed and steals up to 90% of the CPU. So the only solution so far is restarting the docker containers every 12 hours (not great, not terrible).

Looking to improve this, Iam now experimenting with ZRAM and swappiness and it seems some benefit can be achieved by using some of the Linux kernel feaures. Is there anything else I should look into?

  • arirr@lemmy.kde.social
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    1 year ago

    Oracle free tier is 24GB of RAM. I hate Oracle as much as the next person, but worst thing they do is shut it off and you have to migrate.

  • cooopsspace@infosec.pubEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Wow you’re right. You are a stingy bastard.

    Never run anything on a free tier if you want to keep it. My legit Oracle account got flagged and deleted for no reason so they’re dead to me, and I’ll tell anyone who will listen. They’re thieving assholes and will snatch away free tier the moment it’s convenient for them.

    Do you really need netbird? What for?

    Spend some money, consider it the cost of education

  • hatedbad@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    why use docker here? you’re just adding layers of abstraction in an environment that can’t seem to really support them.

    that said, switching to 32bit linux, if the VPS supports it, will save you memory.