Rails - Dec 2007 - Alright, I'm Ready to Showcase Week 1 Progress... but where to host?

I have been busy w/ learning Rails and building this semi-ecommerce
website as a test project for the last week and I I want to show it to
you guys... but where should I host it?

Looking around the web and in this group, here are the companies I
noticed and what ppl thought of them:
* bluehost.com
* heroku
* OCSsolutions - don''t do git
* hostingrails.com - don''t do git
* planet argon - don''t do tech support (okay, they do, but
it''s crap)
* Engine Yard - I''m impressed but their prices are minimum $350/month
* Rails Machine -
* godaddy
* Slicehost.com - Starts at $20/month

Which one would you go for? I don''t want to go for a full VPS or a
dedicated rails server yet ... which means I don''t want to spend more
than $20/month hosting this thing... $35/month tops... since this is a
play project :)

I''m leaning towards Slicehost.com. What do you guys think?
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On Dec 31, 2007, at 3:44 PM, mel ram wrote:
>
> I''m leaning towards Slicehost.com. What do you guys think?
I use Slicehost and really like it.  But didn''t you say you
didn''t
want to go with a full VPS?  Unless they have options I don''t know  
about, you start with a fresh install of your favorite Linux  
distribution (from a list of course), and you build it the way you  
want it.  It''s your server and you have to do everything.

Peace,
Phillip


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On Dec 31, 2007, at 3:44 PM, mel ram wrote:
>
> Which one would you go for? I don''t want to go for a full VPS or a
> dedicated rails server yet ... which means I don''t want to spend
more
> than $20/month hosting this thing... $35/month tops... since this is a
> play project :)
>
> I''m leaning towards Slicehost.com. What do you guys think?

I''m very happy with A Small Orange, I have half a dozen sites there,   
(though none are high-traffic.)
Customer service is very fast. Two days before Christmas, at 9pm, I  
decided to put up a new a site. Before 10pm it was up and running and  
addressable.
And it only cost $25 for a year of hosting (on the "tiny" plan, which
is perfect for play projects).


http://refer.asmallorange.com/3304
(that''s a referrer link. Anything earned by it (100%) will go towards  
a local orphanage (which was the site I put up on the 23rd.)

Here''s a non-referrer link:
http://asmallorange.com

-George


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+1 for Slicehost! With their tutorials and forum, it''s easy as pie. I
got up and running in 1 day.

Matt

On Dec 31, 5:53 pm, George Bailey
<listcatc...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> On Dec 31, 2007, at 3:44 PM, mel ram wrote:
>
>
>
> > Which one would you go for? I don''t want to go for a full VPS
or a
> > dedicated rails server yet ... which means I don''t want to
spend more
> > than $20/month hosting this thing... $35/month tops... since this is a
> > play project :)
>
> > I''m leaning towards Slicehost.com. What do you guys think?
>
> I''m very happy with A Small Orange, I have half a dozen sites
there,
> (though none are high-traffic.)
> Customer service is very fast. Two days before Christmas, at 9pm, I
> decided to put up a new a site. Before 10pm it was up and running and
> addressable.
> And it only cost $25 for a year of hosting (on the "tiny" plan,
which
> is perfect for play projects).
>
> http://refer.asmallorange.com/3304
> (that''s a referrer link. Anything earned by it (100%) will go
towards
> a local orphanage (which was the site I put up on the 23rd.)
>
> Here''s a non-referrer link:http://asmallorange.com
>
> -George
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I decided to go w/ Slicehost based on your recommendations. I think
it''s a good deal but I wish they came pre-setup for ROR so I
wouldn''t
have to do all this configuring. I''m sure I''ll love it once
it''s all
set up but for now, I am not the biggest fan... except for their
customer service... which seems to be very very reachable & helpful...
especially their chat.

On Dec 31 2007, 3:00 pm, goodieboy
<goodie...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> +1 for Slicehost! With their tutorials and forum, it''s easy as
pie. I
> got up and running in 1 day.
>
> Matt
>
> On Dec 31, 5:53 pm, George Bailey
<listcatc...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 31, 2007, at 3:44 PM, mel ram wrote:
>
> > > Which one would you go for? I don''t want to go for a
full VPS or a
> > > dedicated rails server yet ... which means I don''t want
to spend more
> > > than $20/month hosting this thing... $35/month tops... since this
is a
> > > play project :)
>
> > > I''m leaning towards Slicehost.com. What do you guys
think?
>
> > I''m very happy with A Small Orange, I have half a dozen sites
there,
> > (though none are high-traffic.)
> > Customer service is very fast. Two days before Christmas, at 9pm, I
> > decided to put up a new a site. Before 10pm it was up and running and
> > addressable.
> > And it only cost $25 for a year of hosting (on the "tiny"
plan, which
> > is perfect for play projects).
>
> >http://refer.asmallorange.com/3304
> > (that''s a referrer link. Anything earned by it (100%) will go
towards
> > a local orphanage (which was the site I put up on the 23rd.)
>
> > Here''s a non-referrer link:http://asmallorange.com
>
> > -George
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On 1-Jan-08, at 2:39 PM, mel ram wrote:
>
> I decided to go w/ Slicehost based on your recommendations. I think
> it''s a good deal but I wish they came pre-setup for ROR so I
wouldn''t
> have to do all this configuring. I''m sure I''ll love it
once it''s all
> set up but for now, I am not the biggest fan... except for their
> customer service... which seems to be very very reachable & helpful...
> especially their chat.
I suggest ubuntu, then you can roll out quite easily with capistrano  
and "buy mike a beer" depec.

google for the above. slicehost has a great wiki article on doing a  
rails install with the above tools.

cheers,
Jodi

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