Greetings, Does anyone have experience with Rails VPS hosting? I''m basically looking for a hosting reseller option so I can have control of my clients domains and hosting. I''m looking for something easy to use; although I like learning it all, and am learning a lot, I am most definitely not a command line linux user type as of yet. The one that I''ve looked at that perked my interest is http://www.rimuhosting.com. Anyone had any experience with them? Even just plain comments or issues to do with VPS hosting in general are much appreciated. I''m more of a designer progressing to developer so am learning and appreciate the info... Thanks, Jason
Many of us have commented on rimu in the past. http://search.gmane.org/search.php?group=gmane.comp.lang.ruby.rails&query=rimuhosting -Kelly On 4/3/06, Jason Pfeifer <jpfeifer@shaw.ca> wrote:> > Greetings, > > Does anyone have experience with Rails VPS hosting? I''m basically > looking for a hosting reseller option so I can have control of my > clients domains and hosting. I''m looking for something easy to use; > although I like learning it all, and am learning a lot, I am most > definitely not a command line linux user type as of yet. > > The one that I''ve looked at that perked my interest is > http://www.rimuhosting.com. Anyone had any experience with them? Even > just plain comments or issues to do with VPS hosting in general are much > appreciated. I''m more of a designer progressing to developer so am > learning and appreciate the info... > > Thanks, > > Jason > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060403/f73f3912/attachment.html
> Does anyone have experience with Rails VPS hosting?Ezra has a great article on setting up the Rails stack on Rimuhosting (probably applicable to any Debian VPS): http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html Take Kelly''s suggestion and search the list though, there has been a lot of discussion on this in the past. -- Rick Olson http://techno-weenie.net
On Apr 3, 2006, at 2:00 PM, Rick Olson wrote:> Ezra has a great article on setting up the Rails stack on Rimuhosting > (probably applicable to any Debian VPS): > http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.htmlI bought a $19.95/month account at Rimu and followed Ezra''s setup to the letter and it works great, I recommend it. The only thing that I''ve seen as a downside so far is that the tutorial sets up Ruby 1.8.2 and not 1.8.4 but if you know what you''re doing that shouldn''t be a problem. Ezra, if you read this, thanks for the instructions, it made it very painless, and Rimu have been very responsive and nice to deal with. Toby
Great, thanks for the respnses everyone. I''m thinking this looks like a good option for myself.... Cheers.
I use http://www.serverpowered.com/vps.php The developer server has Rails, mysql, postgersql, php, Apache2 and fcgi preinstalled and everything ready for use. The fact that it has 3 ip addresses also allows you to bind one ip address to Apache for production service and use another one for lighttpd development or testing service and such. Allowing you to restart end freely test without disturbing application that are in stable use. I just find that solution a little bit better than using multiple ports. Only thing I really had to change was that I had to manually install newer svn as CentOs only has version 1.1. On 4/3/06, Jason Pfeifer <jpfeifer@shaw.ca> wrote:> Great, thanks for the respnses everyone. I''m thinking this looks like a > good option for myself.... > > Cheers. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- -------------- Jon Gretar Borgthorsson http://www.jongretar.net/
Except that serverpowered uses virtuozzo and not Xen. Save yourself the trouble and don''t ever buy a VPS that uses anything other then Xen as the virtualization platform. It is way more performant then any other tech for virtualization. Rimuhosting has been most excellent to me. They are consistent and good tech support folks. I highly recommend them as a great VPS hosting provider. Cheers- -Ezra On Apr 3, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Jon Gretar Borgthorsson wrote:> I use http://www.serverpowered.com/vps.php > > The developer server has Rails, mysql, postgersql, php, Apache2 and > fcgi preinstalled and everything ready for use. The fact that it has 3 > ip addresses also allows you to bind one ip address to Apache for > production service and use another one for lighttpd development or > testing service and such. Allowing you to restart end freely test > without disturbing application that are in stable use. I just find > that solution a little bit better than using multiple ports. > > Only thing I really had to change was that I had to manually install > newer svn as CentOs only has version 1.1. > > > > On 4/3/06, Jason Pfeifer <jpfeifer@shaw.ca> wrote: >> Great, thanks for the respnses everyone. I''m thinking this looks >> like a >> good option for myself.... >> >> Cheers. >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > > > -- > -------------- > Jon Gretar Borgthorsson > http://www.jongretar.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
I''ve had a try of RimuHosting as well and the _only_ issue I had with it was that I wanted to run quite a few sites on the VPS and the dispatchers (at 20/30meg a pop) ate up the 128M memory quite quickly. So i''m having a comparative look at unixshell.com (where you can get 256M for the same price) before I choose which one to stick with. Cheers, Dan
unixshell has some support issues you can easily google. I use PowerVPS, which offers a better deal than Rimu Hosting and has reputable support that''ll respond to your emails within hours, if not minutes. They do use Virtuozzo, however. On 4/3/06, Dan Sketcher <dansketcher@gmail.com> wrote:> I''ve had a try of RimuHosting as well and the _only_ issue I had with > it was that I wanted to run quite a few sites on the VPS and the > dispatchers (at 20/30meg a pop) ate up the 128M memory quite quickly. > So i''m having a comparative look at unixshell.com (where you can get > 256M for the same price) before I choose which one to stick with. > > Cheers, > Dan > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
I think we are almost to the point of saying - "My VPS is bigger than yours" - "My VPS can beat up your VPS" ;) I think the VPSs are pretty much all alike. There are these two main types. xen and virtuozzo. Xen seems to have better performance. Most of these like ServerPowered have almost instant activation and you can talk with the guy setting your''s up and make special requests. I am however wondering if something like these can be useful if you have many applications running on your server. http://www.macminicolo.net/index.html http://www.iws-hosting.co.uk/mac-mini-hosting.htm It''s a middlestep between running a full server and a vps. Low price and the added nicety of higher memory. You would however have to configure everything from scratch. On 4/4/06, albert elegance <r888888888@gmail.com> wrote:> unixshell has some support issues you can easily google. > > I use PowerVPS, which offers a better deal than Rimu Hosting and has > reputable support that''ll respond to your emails within hours, if not > minutes. They do use Virtuozzo, however. > > On 4/3/06, Dan Sketcher <dansketcher@gmail.com> wrote: > > I''ve had a try of RimuHosting as well and the _only_ issue I had with > > it was that I wanted to run quite a few sites on the VPS and the > > dispatchers (at 20/30meg a pop) ate up the 128M memory quite quickly. > > So i''m having a comparative look at unixshell.com (where you can get > > 256M for the same price) before I choose which one to stick with. > > > > Cheers, > > Dan > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- -------------- Jon Gretar Borgthorsson http://www.jongretar.net/
Jon Gretar Borgthorsson wrote:> I think we are almost to the point of saying > - "My VPS is bigger than yours" > - "My VPS can beat up your VPS" > ;) > > I think the VPSs are pretty much all alike. There are these two main > types. xen and virtuozzo. Xen seems to have better performance. Most > of these like ServerPowered have almost instant activation and you can > talk with the guy setting your''s up and make special requests. > > I am however wondering if something like these can be useful if you > have many applications running on your server. > > http://www.macminicolo.net/index.html > http://www.iws-hosting.co.uk/mac-mini-hosting.htm > > It''s a middlestep between running a full server and a vps. Low price > and the added nicety of higher memory. You would however have to > configure everything from scratch.Hmmm.. have you thought about bandwidth? Those have low bandwidth allowances and high costs per excess GB. In another thread, Ezra wrote: <quote> But it sounds like you want a dedicated box(<$200). I have a few dedicated boxes at http://layeredtech.com. You can get a sweet AMD 3800+ with 1gig ram and 80gig hd for $89/month. Its hard to beat that price and they have a really good reputation on webhostingtalk. </quote> Their servers start at $65/month, with 1000GB bandwidth. regards Justin
for vps try a2b2.com - boxes in US & UK; cheap, good bandwidth allocation, stable, EXCELLENT service - you''ll have to install yourself although i believe they offer semi-managed vps for a small extra charge (i''m a cheapskate and do it myself) vps come with a choice OS/control panel (or not) also does dedicated/shared/reseller On Tuesday 04 April 2006 22:39, Justin Forder wrote:> Jon Gretar Borgthorsson wrote: > > I think we are almost to the point of saying > > - "My VPS is bigger than yours" > > - "My VPS can beat up your VPS" > > ;) > > > > I think the VPSs are pretty much all alike. There are these two main > > types. xen and virtuozzo. Xen seems to have better performance. Most > > of these like ServerPowered have almost instant activation and you can > > talk with the guy setting your''s up and make special requests. > > > > I am however wondering if something like these can be useful if you > > have many applications running on your server. > > > > http://www.macminicolo.net/index.html > > http://www.iws-hosting.co.uk/mac-mini-hosting.htm > > > > It''s a middlestep between running a full server and a vps. Low price > > and the added nicety of higher memory. You would however have to > > configure everything from scratch. > > Hmmm.. have you thought about bandwidth? Those have low bandwidth > allowances and high costs per excess GB. > > In another thread, Ezra wrote: > > <quote> > But it sounds like you want a dedicated box(<$200). I have a few > dedicated boxes at http://layeredtech.com. You can get a sweet AMD > 3800+ with 1gig ram and 80gig hd for $89/month. Its hard to beat that > price and they have a really good reputation on webhostingtalk. > </quote> > > Their servers start at $65/month, with 1000GB bandwidth. > > regards > > Justin > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails