[LRUG] Low usage production server options?

[Mark Blackman]

Exonetric (www.exonetric.com) also do FreeBSD virtual private servers  
for 12.50/month.

- Mark

On 9 Jan 2008, at 16:42, Chris Parsons wrote:

> Again for the record, Bytemark do a VM product for as little as £15/ 
> month - you get your own 'virtual dedicated server' so you can play  
> around as much as you like with it.
>
> We're running a production website for a client on one of these £15  
> VMs and it's handling a surprising amount of load.
>
> They'll set up linux for you - you'd need to do the RoR specific  
> admin.
>
> Chris
>
> On 9 Jan 2008, at 16:26, Daniel Tenner wrote:
>
>> For the record, for £30-40 a month you can already get a dedicated
>> server (e.g. from ServerBeach). You'll have to do all the admin and
>> setup yourself, but they do provide ways to reinstall the server and
>> reboot it via their panel... So you'll definitely learn how to do it.
>>
>> For learning how to work with linux, though, nothing beats installing
>> it on a local machine (e.g. an old computer you had stuck in a corner
>> somewhere). Ubuntu is, imho, the friendliest to beginners, and it's a
>> good introduction to Debian, which is good for actual production
>> servers.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> On 9 Jan 2008, at 15:29 9 Jan 2008, Andrew Stewart wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 9 Jan 2008, at 15:14, Simon Sebright wrote:
>>>> So, can anyone offer and advice on getting my app running
>>>> somewhere, either on a machine of my own or a hosting provider
>>>> somewhere?  I don't mind installing Linux somewhere, but have
>>>> really no clue how to administer it.  Speed is really not a problem
>>>> - if so many people use the site, it becomes a problem, then I have
>>>> a good problem!
>>>
>>> If you have a spare Linux box at home, you could get a simple
>>> deployment working fairly easily.  Forget about a web server (e.g.
>>> Apache, Nginx) initially; Mongrel (app server) will be fine on its
>>> own.  So install Ruby on your Linux box, then Ruby gems, then use  
>>> the
>>> gem system to install Mongrel and Rails.
>>>
>>> Alternatively you could use one of the many hosts out there.  They
>>> cover the spectrum from cheap, mass market (~£3/month) packages to
>>> dedicated VPSs (~£30-40/month) and beyond.
>>>
>>> I strongly recommend avoiding the mass market end.  These hosts
>>> generally slap "We support Ruby on Rails" on their site because  
>>> Rails
>>> is growing in popularity but they don't have any experience with it.
>>> It always goes wrong.
>>>
>>> As for the rest, the trade-off of price, support and resources is up
>>> to you.  Some are dearer but pretty much do everything for you (e.g.
>>> Rails Machine) while some are cheaper but expect you to do more work
>>> (e.g. Slicehost).
>>>
>>> One point to bear in mind is that a Rails stack is more akin to a
>>> Java stack, in terms of server resources, than, say, a PHP one.
>>> People coming from PHP are often surprised at Rails's memory
>>> requirements.
>>>
>>> Personally I use Rails Machine because I'd rather pay somebody to do
>>> what I'm not good at (server administration) and spend my time on
>>> activities I am good at (e.g. application development).  But it's a
>>> matter of personal preference.
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>> Andy Stewart
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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