Getting the most out of a 1 GB VPS

2026-01-20

A 1 GB VPS is plenty if you stop installing things you don't need. My rule: every running service has to justify its memory.

Small wins

• Lower vm.swappiness so it doesn't thrash early
• Drop the services that came pre-enabled and nobody asked for
• Prefer one process that does a job well over three that overlap

None of this is clever. It just adds up.