e2 Small (2 vCPU + 2 GB) memory for a 100 visits a day WordPress site

[anjanesh]

I need to provision a new server for a WordPress site for a client in Mumbai. Its more of a marketing site with brochures etc and landing pages with animation and form for customer leads.

Traffic would probably be 100 visitors a day only.

Will provision a new Ubuntu 23.10 OS server with 40 GB balanced + 2 vCPU + 2 GB memory be sufficient ? This is coming to $19.49 per month which is acceptable.

In case the traffic goes up by 3 fold in 6 months, can I upgrade the config without destroying the VM and not go through migrations etc ?

[lawrencenelson · Accepted solution]

Hi @anjanesh,

The server you have chosen should be sufficient.

Regarding your question about machine type, you may upgrade the machine type of your VM if it's not part of a Managed Instance Group (MIG) or does not have a local SSD [1]. Also, the VM must be in the stopped condition to upgrade the machine type. Be sure to take note of this if you want to avoid downtime for your site. You may view this documentation to carefully review the things you need.

As best practice, make sure to take regular backups using snapshots [2] in case a problem arises.

I hope this helps. Thank you.

[1]. https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/changing-machine-type-of-stopped-instance
[2]. https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/changing-machine-type-of-stopped-instance#best_pract...