I put together a practical breakdown of how many users a small 1 vCPU + 2 GB RAM server can realistically handle. The answer isn’t simply “X users” because it depends heavily on the workload, application stack, caching, database usage, concurrent requests, and whether you’re serving static or dynamic content. For anyone running small self-hosted services or websites on inexpensive VPS instances, this may be useful

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    6 hours ago

    Because the entertainment industry set that as a standard. Oh look a popular programme, let’s make the same one but just different enough to not be a total ripoff.