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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yeah Slice host is one of the best ones…
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>But there are many…the secondary
ones to note are Site5, engineyard (quite costly but very good service), media
temple, vpsland…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Rails machina seems to be ok…bcos
they give you the product with gems in place…and also they have a very
simple method of deployment for which they have a gem… it took us about 1
hr to get a test app up and running…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Regards<br>
Satish <st1:place w:st="on">N Kota</st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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chat-bounces@lists.lrug.org [mailto:chat-bounces@lists.lrug.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Simon Tokumine<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, January 13, 2008
5:42 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> London Ruby Users Group<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [LRUG] Low usage
production server options?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Slicehost gets my vote. Excellent uptime and speed so far.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Si<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 1/9/08, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Mark
Blackman </span></b><<a href="mailto:mark@blackmans.org">mark@blackmans.org</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Exonetric (<a href="http://www.exonetric.com"> www.exonetric.com</a>)
also do FreeBSD virtual private servers<br>
for 12.50/month.<br>
<br>
- Mark<br>
<br>
On 9 Jan 2008, at 16:42, Chris Parsons wrote:<br>
<br>
> Again for the record, Bytemark do a VM product for as little as £15/ <br>
> month - you get your own 'virtual dedicated server' so you can play<br>
> around as much as you like with it.<br>
><br>
> We're running a production website for a client on one of these £15<br>
> VMs and it's handling a surprising amount of load. <br>
><br>
> They'll set up linux for you - you'd need to do the RoR specific<br>
> admin.<br>
><br>
> Chris<br>
><br>
> On 9 Jan 2008, at 16:26, Daniel Tenner wrote:<br>
><br>
>> For the record, for £30-40 a month you can already get a dedicated <br>
>> server (e.g. from ServerBeach). You'll have to do all the admin and<br>
>> setup yourself, but they do provide ways to reinstall the server and<br>
>> reboot it via their panel... So you'll definitely learn how to do it. <br>
>><br>
>> For learning how to work with linux, though, nothing beats installing<br>
>> it on a local machine (e.g. an old computer you had stuck in a corner<br>
>> somewhere). Ubuntu is, imho, the friendliest to beginners, and it's a <br>
>> good introduction to Debian, which is good for actual production<br>
>> servers.<br>
>><br>
>> Daniel<br>
>><br>
>> On 9 Jan 2008, at 15:29 9 Jan 2008, Andrew Stewart wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>>><br>
>>> On 9 Jan 2008, at 15:14, Simon Sebright wrote:<br>
>>>> So, can anyone offer and advice on getting my app running<br>
>>>> somewhere, either on a machine of my own or a hosting provider
<br>
>>>> somewhere? I don't mind installing Linux somewhere,
but have<br>
>>>> really no clue how to administer it. Speed is
really not a problem<br>
>>>> - if so many people use the site, it becomes a problem, then I
have <br>
>>>> a good problem!<br>
>>><br>
>>> If you have a spare Linux box at home, you could get a simple<br>
>>> deployment working fairly easily. Forget about a web
server (e.g.<br>
>>> Apache, Nginx) initially; Mongrel (app server) will be fine on its
<br>
>>> own. So install Ruby on your Linux box, then Ruby gems,
then use<br>
>>> the<br>
>>> gem system to install Mongrel and Rails.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Alternatively you could use one of the many hosts out
there. They <br>
>>> cover the spectrum from cheap, mass market (~£3/month) packages to<br>
>>> dedicated VPSs (~£30-40/month) and beyond.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I strongly recommend avoiding the mass market
end. These hosts <br>
>>> generally slap "We support Ruby on Rails" on their site
because<br>
>>> Rails<br>
>>> is growing in popularity but they don't have any experience with
it.<br>
>>> It always goes wrong. <br>
>>><br>
>>> As for the rest, the trade-off of price, support and resources is
up<br>
>>> to you. Some are dearer but pretty much do everything
for you (e.g.<br>
>>> Rails Machine) while some are cheaper but expect you to do more
work <br>
>>> (e.g. Slicehost).<br>
>>><br>
>>> One point to bear in mind is that a Rails stack is more akin to a<br>
>>> Java stack, in terms of server resources, than, say, a PHP one.<br>
>>> People coming from PHP are often surprised at Rails's memory <br>
>>> requirements.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Personally I use Rails Machine because I'd rather pay somebody to
do<br>
>>> what I'm not good at (server administration) and spend my time on <br>
>>> activities I am good at (e.g. application
development). But it's a<br>
>>> matter of personal preference.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Good luck!<br>
>>><br>
>>> Andy Stewart <br>
>>><br>
>>> -------<br>
>>> <a href="http://airbladesoftware.com">http://airbladesoftware.com</a><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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