What would be the minimum specifications needed for a Java Web server?
I rented a cheap linux VPS to try and learn how to build a java web application and ran into the problem of not enough memory to run the Java virtual machine let alone Tomcat. 

This system is running Red Hat linux with something like 175 megs of ram (225 burstable but who cares about that). After LAMP got installed there isn't any ram left. Well, it says there's 50 megabytes free but I think that's the burstable stuff.

Even if it wasn't, is 50 megabytes enough ram to run the java virtual machine and tomcat and a hello world application? It doesn't sound like it would be enough.

Would anyone know how much ram, minimum, I would need for a project like this and if they have any suggestions of decent vps hosting companies I could rent from.

Thanks
What would be the minimum specifications needed for a Java Web server?
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I rented a cheap linux VPS to try and learn how to build a java web application and ran into the problem of not enough memory to run the Java virtual machine let alone Tomcat. 

This system is running Red Hat linux with something like 175 megs of ram (225 burstable but who cares about that). After LAMP got installed there isn't any ram left. Well, it says there's 50 megabytes free but I think that's the burstable stuff.

Even if it wasn't, is 50 megabytes enough ram to run the java virtual machine and tomcat and a hello world application? It doesn't sound like it would be enough.

Would anyone know how much ram, minimum, I would need for a project like this and if they have any suggestions of decent vps hosting companies I could rent from.

Thanks