Are there any RoR hosting sites that have terabytes of disk space available? Most of the hosting sites that I have seen only allow between 5 MB and 500 MB. -- 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 03 Apr 2007, at 00:29, Geo Pappas wrote:> Are there any RoR hosting sites that have terabytes of disk space > available? > > Most of the hosting sites that I have seen only allow between 5 MB and > 500 MB.I thought April 1st was 2 days ago already :-) I don''t want to sound rude or inpolite, and I have no idea what you''re up to, but if you can''t answer this question yourself, you won''t be able to setup a configuration like this yourself. It would involve setting up a clustered environment of dedicated servers, where your Rails app would actually be hosted on one box, leaving the data serving up to a balancer, serving your files transparently from vast number of servers, which in total could serve terabytes of data. You''ve probably heard of the generous diskspace/bandwidth offerings from Dreamhost (http://www.dreamhost.com/) and I don''t know how good they are in terms of hosting Rails apps. I have always found shared hosts to be good enough for small, low traffic apps, but not ready for high traffic/processor intensive/versatile Rails apps. At one point, you''ll need to have root access (or sudo rights) to tweak your setup. Shared hosting also has the (in my view biggest) disadvantage of you being dependent on both the hosting support for any server problem/ upgrade (and they never fix it as fast as you yourself could on a dedicated box and do upgrades even if you didn''t ask for them, and in my case, mostly during Belgian business hours) and other users on the same box (one of them hits digg or is subject to a vulnerability attack and your site dies with it). But if you want to host huge files and serve them through a web application, I think there are environments better suited for this than Rails. You are trying to use Rails for the things it''s not really good at and the stuff it excels at are hardly used. Best regards Peter De Berdt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Peter De Berdt wrote:> > You''ve probably heard of the generous diskspace/bandwidth offerings > from Dreamhost (http://www.dreamhost.com/) and I don''t know how good > they are in terms of hosting Rails apps.I just went to their site, and their top package seems to allow 413.5 GB of disk storage (http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting.html). Anyone else? -- 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I don''t know why lots_of_storage == cluster. Amazon S3 is an extremely good and cost-effective way to warehouse terabytes of storage. However, it really isn''t clear what the OP is trying to do beyond locating a solution that meets his projected storage requirement. I sympathize with his predicament, as I once had to (in the pre-S3 days) scour the planet for someone that would sell me a modest amount of server power with a boatload of attached storage. It''s not a typical requirement and finding the right provider can be hard. With S3, you decouple your storage provider from the hosting service who''s responsible for serving up pages. Peter De Berdt wrote:> > > On 03 Apr 2007, at 00:29, Geo Pappas wrote: > >> Are there any RoR hosting sites that have terabytes of disk space >> available? >> >> Most of the hosting sites that I have seen only allow between 5 MB and >> 500 MB. > > I thought April 1st was 2 days ago already :-) > > I don''t want to sound rude or inpolite, and I have no idea what > you''re up to, but if you can''t answer this question yourself, you > won''t be able to setup a configuration like this yourself. It would > involve setting up a clustered environment of dedicated servers, > where your Rails app would actually be hosted on one box, leaving the > data serving up to a balancer, serving your files transparently from > vast number of servers, which in total could serve terabytes of data. > > You''ve probably heard of the generous diskspace/bandwidth offerings > from Dreamhost (http://www.dreamhost.com/) and I don''t know how good > they are in terms of hosting Rails apps. I have always found shared > hosts to be good enough for small, low traffic apps, but not ready > for high traffic/processor intensive/versatile Rails apps. At one > point, you''ll need to have root access (or sudo rights) to tweak your > setup. > Shared hosting also has the (in my view biggest) disadvantage of you > being dependent on both the hosting support for any server problem/ > upgrade (and they never fix it as fast as you yourself could on a > dedicated box and do upgrades even if you didn''t ask for them, and in > my case, mostly during Belgian business hours) and other users on the > same box (one of them hits digg or is subject to a vulnerability > attack and your site dies with it). > > But if you want to host huge files and serve them through a web > application, I think there are environments better suited for this > than Rails. You are trying to use Rails for the things it''s not > really good at and the stuff it excels at are hardly used. > > Best regards > > Peter De Berdt > > > > > >-- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/RoR-Hosting-w--Terabytes-of-Disk-Space--tf3508661.html#a9800968 Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
www.layeredtech.com. Contact them about getting a SAN. Problem solved. -carl On 4/2/07, s.ross <cwdinfo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > > I don''t know why lots_of_storage == cluster. Amazon S3 is an extremely good > and cost-effective way to warehouse terabytes of storage. However, it really > isn''t clear what the OP is trying to do beyond locating a solution that > meets his projected storage requirement. > > I sympathize with his predicament, as I once had to (in the pre-S3 days) > scour the planet for someone that would sell me a modest amount of server > power with a boatload of attached storage. It''s not a typical requirement > and finding the right provider can be hard. > > With S3, you decouple your storage provider from the hosting service who''s > responsible for serving up pages. > > > > Peter De Berdt wrote: > > > > > > On 03 Apr 2007, at 00:29, Geo Pappas wrote: > > > >> Are there any RoR hosting sites that have terabytes of disk space > >> available? > >> > >> Most of the hosting sites that I have seen only allow between 5 MB and > >> 500 MB. > > > > I thought April 1st was 2 days ago already :-) > > > > I don''t want to sound rude or inpolite, and I have no idea what > > you''re up to, but if you can''t answer this question yourself, you > > won''t be able to setup a configuration like this yourself. It would > > involve setting up a clustered environment of dedicated servers, > > where your Rails app would actually be hosted on one box, leaving the > > data serving up to a balancer, serving your files transparently from > > vast number of servers, which in total could serve terabytes of data. > > > > You''ve probably heard of the generous diskspace/bandwidth offerings > > from Dreamhost (http://www.dreamhost.com/) and I don''t know how good > > they are in terms of hosting Rails apps. I have always found shared > > hosts to be good enough for small, low traffic apps, but not ready > > for high traffic/processor intensive/versatile Rails apps. At one > > point, you''ll need to have root access (or sudo rights) to tweak your > > setup. > > Shared hosting also has the (in my view biggest) disadvantage of you > > being dependent on both the hosting support for any server problem/ > > upgrade (and they never fix it as fast as you yourself could on a > > dedicated box and do upgrades even if you didn''t ask for them, and in > > my case, mostly during Belgian business hours) and other users on the > > same box (one of them hits digg or is subject to a vulnerability > > attack and your site dies with it). > > > > But if you want to host huge files and serve them through a web > > application, I think there are environments better suited for this > > than Rails. You are trying to use Rails for the things it''s not > > really good at and the stuff it excels at are hardly used. > > > > Best regards > > > > Peter De Berdt > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/RoR-Hosting-w--Terabytes-of-Disk-Space--tf3508661.html#a9800968 > Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > >-- EPA Rating: 3000 Lines of Code / Gallon (of coffee) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Hello Geo. I noticed your post and would prefer to respond off list, but do not have an email to do so. It just so happens I know of a service that can help you out. :-) -- -- Tom Mornini, CTO -- Engine Yard, Ruby on Rails Hosting -- Reliability, Ease of Use, Scalability -- (866) 518-YARD (9273) On Apr 2, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Geo Pappas wrote:> > Are there any RoR hosting sites that have terabytes of disk space > available? > > Most of the hosting sites that I have seen only allow between 5 MB and > 500 MB.--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Have a look at http://www.railshostinginfo.com for a rundown of some more Rails hosting companies. Kind regards, Nick -- 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---