Title: Creating a very mini wordpress.com
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# Creating a very mini wordpress.com

 *  [frisco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frisco/)
 * (@frisco)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-very-mini-wordpresscom/)
 * I am setting up a WP network for folks to create their own sites, somewhat similar
   to WP.com.
 * I’m planning to use:
 * – SharDB
    – MU Domain mapping – some of Andrea/Ron’s plugins (names I forget)–
   a VPS type setup (Linode, if that matters) running nginx with FastCGI and APC
   opcode cache – a node balancer managing 2 web servers initially, about 1.5 Gb
   RAM ea – a separate DB server, 2 GB RAM
 * Anyone have any useful reading links or friendly pointers as I start my journey
   to create a performance-oriented network? Will my setup deliver run-of-the-mill
   performance? Good performance? Performance worthy of a magazine cover?

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 *  [steliodj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steliodj/)
 * (@steliodj)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-very-mini-wordpresscom/#post-2454049)
 * Hi frisco,
 * Did you find any useful links to share?
 * Thanks,
    Stelios
 *  [sypie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sypie/)
 * (@sypie)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-very-mini-wordpresscom/#post-2454050)
 * Frisco,
 * I’m not a webdevver myself. I’m a teacher and i want to do something similar 
   for students. The subject i teach is making use of logbooks. I thought that with
   multisite i could create a kind of “mini wordpress.com” but i couldn’t find it.
 * The system you are creating is a little bit too large for me, as i make use of
   a shared hosting provider. Did you find any information about setting up a system
   like this? All i can find is about WPMU or WordPress Network. My conclusion is
   that WPMU or Network is slightly different and not working the way i want it 
   to work.
 * Any chance you can point me in the same direction you’re going?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-very-mini-wordpresscom/#post-2454051)
 * > I thought that with multisite i could create a kind of “mini wordpress.com”
   > but i couldn’t find it.
 * Yes, that’s exactly what it’s like.
 * Now you may not be able to do that on a shared host, but Multisite is precisely
   being able to run your own version of wp.com 🙂 Install it, set it up, done. 
   You don’t need the extra stuff the OP mentioned unless you want a big site.

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
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 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-very-mini-wordpresscom/#post-2454051)
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