I''m trying to host a small RoR website with a MySQL backend. This site will have minimal traffic and needs to be easy to set up. What host would you recommend and why? We can''t afford a dedicated server, so I''m guessing that we will need a place that uses Mongrel. Any thoughts? Will --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We''ll help. Yahoo! Small Business. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Will Gant wrote:> I''m trying to host a small RoR website with a MySQL backend. This site > will have minimal traffic and needs to be easy to set up. What host > would you recommend and why? We can''t afford a dedicated server, so I''m > guessing that we will need a place that uses Mongrel.Well, I''ve just switched to RailsMachine and so far it''s been great. I was worried about switching to a VPS because I don''t have any experience in web deployment, but with their deployment gems it was very easy to get running. By default it has MySQL and mongrel_cluster. If you prefer shared hosting for price, I used Dreamhost before, which is also fairly easy to get going, although people seem to have mixed reports on that. RailsMachine has really impressed me by being a VPS that was easier to set up than my previous shared host. DBL -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Hi Will, Will Gant wrote:> I''m trying to host a small RoR website with > a MySQL backend. This site will have minimal > traffic and needs to be easy to set up. What host > would you recommend and why? We can''t > afford a dedicated server, so I''m guessing that > we will need a place that uses Mongrel. > > Any thoughts?I had similar requirements and went with a2hosting, primarily because they offered Mongrel and they were the only service that offered a ''pathway'' from shared through VPS to dedicated hosting (I''ve got high hopes ;-) ). Prices are very good. Rails is already set up. Their support has been great. It seems like all Rails-related questions go right to the Level 3 folks. I do not have any personal experience with other Rails hosting servicves, but based on the complaints I see from others re: their providers, I recommend a2hosting for shared hosting of Rails apps. hth, Bill --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Will Gant wrote:> I''m trying to host a small RoR website with a MySQL backend. This site > will have minimal traffic and needs to be easy to set up. What host > would you recommend and why? We can''t afford a dedicated server, so > I''m guessing that we will need a place that uses Mongrel. > > Any thoughts?RailsPlayground. I''m using their shared plan with a pound/mongrel cluster and performance has been fine. Also, their customer support is excellent. Jamey --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
James Cribbs wrote:> Will Gant wrote: > >> I''m trying to host a small RoR website with a MySQL backend. This site >> will have minimal traffic and needs to be easy to set up. What host >> would you recommend and why? We can''t afford a dedicated server, so >> I''m guessing that we will need a place that uses Mongrel. >> >> Any thoughts? >> > RailsPlayground. I''m using their shared plan with a pound/mongrel > cluster and performance has been fine. Also, their customer support is > excellent. > > Jamey >It was reported that a2hosting.com has some odd errors, one of which is related to using send_file with mongrel. Is that problem on RailsPlayground also? For my application, send_file is a must (need to protect the files that people upload, and so they must go through the controller)... but I like the ''look'' of a2hosting - and have heard them mentioned very favourably on this list.. Cheers Mohit. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I would second RailsPlayground. They have a wide variety of plans at very reasonable prices (I''m on the barebones basic one, and very content). They also have stellar support. Mohit Sindhwani wrote:> James Cribbs wrote: >> cluster and performance has been fine. Also, their customer support is >> excellent. >> >> Jamey >> > > It was reported that a2hosting.com has some odd errors, one of which is > related to using send_file with mongrel. Is that problem on > RailsPlayground also? For my application, send_file is a must (need to > protect the files that people upload, and so they must go through the > controller)... but I like the ''look'' of a2hosting - and have heard them > mentioned very favourably on this list.. > > Cheers > Mohit.-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Bryan M wrote:> > I would second RailsPlayground. They have a wide variety of plans at > very reasonable prices (I''m on the barebones basic one, and very > content). They also have stellar support. > >I was reading the following page: http://www.rubyonrailswebhost.com/ and realized that I have not heard much about their Top 3 Hosts on this list much. Their Top-3 is: Bluehost, HostMonster and Site 5. I think I heard that people were quite pleased with Site 5. I''m trying to decide between Site 5 and RailsPlayground (I was keen on a2Hosting, but the problem with file_send and mongrel there is scaring me). RailsPlayground offers monrel support from the look of it, but seem to have had 9 network incidents in September. As for Site 5, I can''t tell. Any pointers? Any known gotchas with these hosts? Cheers Mohit. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
>> >> I would second RailsPlayground. They have a wide variety of plans at >> very reasonable prices (I''m on the barebones basic one, and very >> content). They also have stellar support. >> >> > I was reading the following page: > http://www.rubyonrailswebhost.com/ > and realized that I have not heard much about their Top 3 Hosts on this > list much. Their Top-3 is: Bluehost, HostMonster and Site 5. > > I think I heard that people were quite pleased with Site 5. I''m trying > to decide between Site 5 and RailsPlayground (I was keen on a2Hosting, > but the problem with file_send and mongrel there is scaring me). > RailsPlayground offers monrel support from the look of it, but seem to > have had 9 network incidents in September. As for Site 5, I can''t tell. > > Any pointers? Any known gotchas with these hosts?I just recently worked with someone hosted at Site5 (for about a week) and I wouldn''t recommend them based on that experience. Their support was less than helpful to say the least, and there''s no mongrel that I can see (although maybe they offer it in a different package). -philip --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Philip Hallstrom wrote:>> I was reading the following page: >> http://www.rubyonrailswebhost.com/ >> and realized that I have not heard much about their Top 3 Hosts on this >> list much. Their Top-3 is: Bluehost, HostMonster and Site 5. >> >> I think I heard that people were quite pleased with Site 5. I''m trying >> to decide between Site 5 and RailsPlayground (I was keen on a2Hosting, >> but the problem with file_send and mongrel there is scaring me). >> RailsPlayground offers monrel support from the look of it, but seem to >> have had 9 network incidents in September. As for Site 5, I can''t tell. >> >> Any pointers? Any known gotchas with these hosts? >> > > I just recently worked with someone hosted at Site5 (for about a week) and > I wouldn''t recommend them based on that experience. Their support was > less than helpful to say the least, and there''s no mongrel that I can see > (although maybe they offer it in a different package). > > -philipI see.. that makes sense, then. I''m now looking at RailsPlayground as the main contender. Can''t seem to find much information about BlueHost or HostMonster in this list. I have a couple of sites to host for different people, so I don''t mind going with different providers. I''m all set to go - getting out of my current shared hosting, then transferring my domains to GoDaddy (they seem to have good prices for renewal) and then update the name servers to point to a Rails-enabled host. The only missing information is the Rails-enabled host right now... :-S Cheers mohit. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
> > > I was reading the following page: > http://www.rubyonrailswebhost.com/ > and realized that I have not heard much about their Top 3 Hosts on this > list much. Their Top-3 is: Bluehost, HostMonster and Site 5. >Don''t ever trust that site. They rated the sites based on affiliate money. Railsplayground will never be there because it doesn''t have affiliate program !> I think I heard that people were quite pleased with Site 5. I''m trying > to decide between Site 5 and RailsPlayground (I was keen on a2Hosting, > but the problem with file_send and mongrel there is scaring me). > RailsPlayground offers monrel support from the look of it, but seem to > have had 9 network incidents in September. As for Site 5, I can''t tell. > > Any pointers? Any known gotchas with these hosts?I really don''t like hosts offering rails hosting using Apache/fcgi/cPanel. I''m offering free hosting at freeonrails.com using litespeed ruby API, and I find it better than mongrel/fcgi. -Pratik -- rm -rf / 2>/dev/null - http://null.in Dont judge those who try and fail, judge those who fail to try.. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Oct 5, 2006, at 11:28 AM, Mohit Sindhwani wrote:> > James Cribbs wrote: >> Will Gant wrote: >> >>> I''m trying to host a small RoR website with a MySQL backend. This >>> site >>> will have minimal traffic and needs to be easy to set up. What host >>> would you recommend and why? We can''t afford a dedicated server, so >>> I''m guessing that we will need a place that uses Mongrel. >>> >>> Any thoughts? >>> >> RailsPlayground. I''m using their shared plan with a pound/mongrel >> cluster and performance has been fine. Also, their customer >> support is >> excellent. >> >> Jamey >> > > It was reported that a2hosting.com has some odd errors, one of > which is > related to using send_file with mongrel. Is that problem on > RailsPlayground also? For my application, send_file is a must > (need to > protect the files that people upload, and so they must go through the > controller)... but I like the ''look'' of a2hosting - and have heard > them > mentioned very favourably on this list.. > > Cheers > Mohit.We have several customers (at PLANET ARGON) using mongrel with pound (or lighty) and haven''t heard anyone bring up any issues with send_file. If you''re looking for another option during your search, you might stop by http://www.planetargon.com/chat.html and ask some of our customers yourself for their opinions. :-) Robby -- Robby Russell Founder and Executive Director PLANET ARGON, LLC Ruby on Rails Development, Consulting & Hosting www.planetargon.com www.robbyonrails.com +1 503 445 2457 +1 877 55 ARGON [toll free] +1 815 642 4068 [fax] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---