Running a web server on 256 RAM [hijacked]

[Brian McKee]

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Josh Holland <jrh at joshh.co.uk> wrote:
> Sorry to hijack the thread, it's only slightly OT.
>
> Is 64MB RAM enough to run some sort of fileserver, or should I just not
> even think about using the machine in question?

Yes - it'll be ok - just no X for sure.

Try a minimal install, or a minimal Debian install, or similar.
Disable all the unused services.  If all it's doing is serving files I
bet you'll be pleasantly suprised.

Brian