Hi, I was wander if anyone can tell based on self expirience what would be limitations for rails app regard shared hosting. For example on PHP/MySql db driven app on shared hosting can handle 1000 users a day without problems. I know there are many factors involved but would like to hear your thoughts, when would you upgrade and if you would deploy rails app on shared hosting at all. thanks in advance, Bojan -- Bojan Mihelac Informatika Mihelac, Bojan Mihelac s.p. | www.informatikamihelac.com -> tools, scripts, tricks from our code lab: http://source.mihelac.org
Bojan Mihelac wrote:> Hi, I was wander if anyone can tell based on self expirience what would > be limitations for rails app regard shared hosting. For example on > PHP/MySql db driven app on shared hosting can handle 1000 users a day > without problems. I know there are many factors involved but would like > to hear your thoughts, when would you upgrade and if you would deploy > rails app on shared hosting at all.If you know Linux then go the VPS route. I''ve yet to see a Rails host that didn''t get imapcted by someone else''s poorly written Rails app. Oh I''m sure they exist out there somewhere but like I said I''ve yet to see one. My frustration with Textdrive''s unstable Guildford server made me seek shelter on Linode of which I''ve been very happy with. I''m in the process of moving a site to VPSLand (Xen) now though as I need Fedora Core 5 and that isn''t offered by Linode. Any of the big VPS hosting companies will offer a lineup of packages to scale your application starting from around $14 per month and going up from there depending how many more resources you want. I''m also looking into Mac Mini co-location - thats another possibility over VPS. Going the VPS route you are better assured your getting the promised resources and if your app goes down you usually only have yourself to blame. I''ve found I can get a RoR system up and running pretty quickly. Just toss on Ruby 1.84, RubyGems, Rails, Mongrel, and a database (Mysql, Postgresql, etc.) and Litespeed and your pretty much good to go in probably an hour or less. When you think your app is getting slow or overloaded you simply choose the next plan up (add ram, CPU, etc. to your VPS). Its pretty seamless if your using Linode, Rimuhosting, or VPSLand. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Steve W. wrote:> Bojan Mihelac wrote: >> Hi, I was wander if anyone can tell based on self expirience what would >> be limitations for rails app regard shared hosting. For example on >> PHP/MySql db driven app on shared hosting can handle 1000 users a day >> without problems. I know there are many factors involved but would like >> to hear your thoughts, when would you upgrade and if you would deploy >> rails app on shared hosting at all. > > If you know Linux then go the VPS route. I''ve yet to see a Rails host > that didn''t get imapcted by someone else''s poorly written Rails app. Oh > I''m sure they exist out there somewhere but like I said I''ve yet to see > one. My frustration with Textdrive''s unstable Guildford server made me > seek shelter on Linode of which I''ve been very happy with. I''m in the > process of moving a site to VPSLand (Xen) now though as I need Fedora > Core 5 and that isn''t offered by Linode. Any of the big VPS hosting > companies will offer a lineup of packages to scale your application > starting from around $14 per month and going up from there depending how > many more resources you want. I''m also looking into Mac Mini > co-location - thats another possibility over VPS. > > Going the VPS route you are better assured your getting the promised > resources and if your app goes down you usually only have yourself to > blame. I''ve found I can get a RoR system up and running pretty quickly. > Just toss on Ruby 1.84, RubyGems, Rails, Mongrel, and a database (Mysql, > Postgresql, etc.) and Litespeed and your pretty much good to go in > probably an hour or less. > > When you think your app is getting slow or overloaded you simply choose > the next plan up (add ram, CPU, etc. to your VPS). Its pretty seamless > if your using Linode, Rimuhosting, or VPSLand. >thanks for your answer Steve. -- Bojan Mihelac Informatika Mihelac, Bojan Mihelac s.p. | www.informatikamihelac.com -> tools, scripts, tricks from our code lab: http://source.mihelac.org