user3145: I have 1GB of memory to work with on my VPS.
I want to run bitcoind as well as a few other crypto currency daemons.
As it stands, number of connections seem to be the only value I can change that has any impact on my memory usage.
I have bitcoind set to 10 connections at the moment and it is consuming a steady 400MB of memory during this time.
What are the consequences of lowering the number of connections to say 2 or 1?

user441: In theory, only one reliable connection to a trustworthy node is sufficient. If you do decide to limit your connections only to 2 outgoing ones, make sure to connect to nodes you trust to be up to date, to reduce the chance of falling behind, or worse, being the target of an attack.

3145: <p>I have 1GB of memory to work with on my VPS.</p>

<p>I want to run bitcoind as well as a few other crypto currency daemons.</p>

<p>As it stands, number of connections seem to be the only value I can change that has any impact on my memory usage.</p>

<p>I have bitcoind set to 10 connections at the moment and it is consuming a steady 400MB of memory during this time.</p>

<p>What are the consequences of lowering the number of connections to say 2 or 1?</p>
 441: <p>In theory, only one reliable connection to a trustworthy node is sufficient. If you do decide to limit your connections only to 2 outgoing ones, make sure to connect to nodes you trust to be up to date, to reduce the chance of falling behind, or worse, being the target of an attack.</p>
