Wordpress is a Memory Hog
Did you know Wordpress is one major memory hog? No? Neither did I until I started getting "500 Internal Server" errors after having my hosting account at Joyent moved from FreeBSD to OpenSolaris, with it's resource management functionality being used to it's full extent.
You'll be surprised to hear this appears to be a topic that isn't really discussed much out in the open. The closest indication of anyone else encountering memory issues with Wordpress is this this post on the Wordpress support forum.
This is a great post and provides a good example that illustrates how much memory Wordpress ... Continue reading ►