Which VPS is better for GSA?
Hi, I'm looking for a VPS to run GSA and I'm unsure among these 2 servers:
Option 1: 8 Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz | 30 GB Ram | SSD storage | 600 Mbit @ 32 TB bandwidth
Option 2: 4 Core AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor | 8GB Ecc Ram | NVMe storage | 1 Gbps unmetered shared
As far as I know, the second has much more recent hardware and should be better. But the first has a lot of RAM. Which one do you suggest me in order to make more links?
I have no idea if RAM metters or not. Someone is telling me that GSA can't run more than 4GB Ram but at the same time, I remember I once watched a guy on Youtube bragging how he run GSA on a 256 GB server... Can you please clarify this. Thank you.
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@giggioman
Instead of guessing which is the fastest, when buying a cpu, it is always best to look at cpu bench mark score, to have a more accurate view of which is the best.For GSA ser you dont need much ram, because since it is a 32 bit program, it mean it will NEVER be able to use more than 3.X GB of RAM --- my recommendation is if you also have other apps running apart from GSA - is to get 8 -12 GB RAM
From your list of CPU's the AMD Ryzen is about 500% faster than the single Intel CPU, the AMD also comes with Nvme drive as you indicated so you will have maybe 10 x faster read and writes speeds than a normal ssd. It also have a much faster 1Gbps connection
So i wont even think twice - just select the AMD option
single intel xeon e5-2630 v4 benchmark === score = 11,104https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E5-2630+v4+@+2.20GHz&id=2758&cpuCount=2
Dual intel xeon e5-2630 v4 benchmark === score = 19,630
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E5-2630+v4+@+2.20GHz&id=2758&cpuCount=2
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X benchmark === score = 46,161
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+9+5950X&id=3862
I've set GSA to run at 1000 threads and easily hit between 1000-3500vpm. Cpu is at 1% - 3% lol The cpu allows this high thread and stable performance. You can't do that on a low spec vps. Usually 100-300 threads will be the limit on a low spec vps. But memory has nothing to do with it. It's the better cpu that allows the higher threads and hence higher vpm.
I wonder what you are doing and when you get links to feed ? lol
I've tested XEvil at up to1000 solving threads on this machine, but the CPU is constantly at 100% and after some time, the machine just crashes. Or XEvil throws out of memory errors, even though there is plenty of ram still available.
https://www.hetzner.com/cloud
The finland location is the fastest, but they have vps in germany, finland and usa, nothing in Asia.
They work with VPS windows
Where do you buy the windows server licence?
If you are using Hetzner Cloud then this video will show you how to install windows for free:
If you are using their dedi servers (recommended for XEvil and running GSA SER at 1000 threads), the installation of windows is slightly different, but still free:
For written instructions: https://cdld.nl/blog/install-windows-server-2019-on-a-dedicated-server-hetzner
How did you activate windows?
Do you need to have original window license on your computer? in order to mount ?
LOL! Agreed. But not with someone who has OCD