How many users can a 512MB VPS handle?

[CloudShadow]

So i was wondering that how many visitors will a vps with 512mb of guaranteed RAM and 1Gb of Burstable ram be able to handle? I'll be running a wordpress blog on it and the database will be around 250mb.

CloudShadow Reviewed by CloudShadow on 14th Sep 2011. How many users can a 512MB VPS handle? So i was wondering that how many visitors will a vps with 512mb of guaranteed RAM and 1Gb of Burstable ram be able to handle? I'll be running a wordpress blog on it and the database will be around 250mb. Rating: 5

[cvrle77]

Do you mean Unique per day, or users browsing at the same time?
It depends on many factors, which plugins you use, 100/1000mbit network...etc etc.. no one can tell you even approximate number.
It can be from 40 users online, to 300...
from 1000 per day, or 10000
Also, depends who your admin is....

[p2p4ever]

with proper caching, it can handle about 60-100 online at any given time..it all depends on various factors..thats me 'generalizing it'...

[am21]

400+ users

my 768mb ram vps can handle roughly 400+ users before going to a series of out of memory msgs

[CloudShadow]

Do you mean Unique per day, or users browsing at the same time?
It depends on many factors, which plugins you use, 100/1000mbit network...etc etc.. no one can tell you even approximate number.
It can be from 40 users online, to 300...
from 1000 per day, or 10000
Also, depends who your admin is....

VPS is from knownsrv, the first package. Lets say the daily visitors are between 6-10k. I'll be using around 18 plugins, give or take.

@am21

Thats users online at any given time, right?

[0ccul7]

I do not think in any way, it will be able to handle that

[cvrle77]

I don't think it will run smoothly, just add 10$ more, and enjoy

[p2p4ever]

I don't think it will run smoothly, just add 10$ more, and enjoy

i beg to disagree. i used to run a site which had the similiar spec. like the ones mentioned by the op. it was powered by wordpress and i had installed and optimized it such that the site used to load smooth even when comments were being posted like 10+ per minute and also there were constant pageloads.

[CloudShadow]

hm... so i'll have to buy the second package? damn, .


EDIT:

My site is pretty well optimized i believe, average page load speed was( before the increase in traffic) 2-3 seconds max. Now its around 3-4.

[speedbus]

Depends on the OS you use, Plugins you use, Theme you use and the network and also the quality of the hardware the VPS is on.