This has probably been asked many many times but we are looking to host a non-profit small Rails 3 app, the budget is about $20-25/month. the number of concurrent expected users in the beginning is rather low. besides the rails app there might be also need to host other php web sites such as wordpress. I think at this point the research gave us 3 candidates. -Linode -Slice Host -HostingRails Can anybody offer some input about this? We greatly appreciated. -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
for Rails hosting, give heroku a try. if you want to host Rails and PHP, I recommend Linode. But you will need to administer the server yourself. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Jazmin <jazminschroeder-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> This has probably been asked many many times but we are looking to host a > non-profit small Rails 3 app, the budget is about $20-25/month. the number > of concurrent expected users in the beginning is rather low. besides the > rails app there might be also need to host other php web sites such as > wordpress. > > I think at this point the research gave us 3 candidates. > -Linode > -Slice Host > -HostingRails > > Can anybody offer some input about this? We greatly appreciated. > > > > -- > 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >-- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
> > This has probably been asked many many times but we are looking to host a > > non-profit small Rails 3 app, the budget is about $20-25/month. the number > > of concurrent expected users in the beginning is rather low. besides the > > rails app there might be also need to host other php web sites such as > > wordpress. > > > I think at this point the research gave us 3 candidates. > > -Linode > > -Slice Host > > -HostingRails >I can only say good things about Heroku for a low-cost/no-cost solution to Rails hosting. Great git integration, and has worked well for me over the past year. -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
I''m a big fan of Heroku as well. Another option, although they aren''t specifically rails-oriented, is dreamhost.com Pros - - Cheap -- Unlimited domains (excluding registration) bandwidth, storage, shell accounts, email addresses, mailing lists, etc all for under $10/month. (They also have occasional first-year-free offers.) - Free hosting for 501(c)3 charities. - Very spiffy web-based control panel - A broad range of preloaded software and 1-click installs offered. - Rails available via Apache/Passenger. (NOT a 1-click install) - VERY reliable. (I know, I shouldn''t say that ... tempting the gods and all that.) They are a fairly "grown up" company - 300K customers on 4K servers. - Free two week trial. Cons - - Default configuration supports ruby 1.8.7 and rails 3.0.9 only. - No customer access to the system-wide error logs. i.e. silent failure on config/start-up errors. Once your process is up and running your logfiles will work. But if the error is early enough (e.g. syntax error in a config file) you have to contact tech support and ask them to look at the error output for you. So type carefully. - PostgreSQL not supported. (They say "maybe someday".) - Mediocre system documentation. - Bare-bones tech support in general and for ruby/rails in particular. And if you stray from their ruby/rails defaults you are completely on your own. So if you have a bunch of domains, not so much money, and are comfortable on the *nix command line, they are worth looking at. But if you want to keep things simple, go with Heroku. Dan Nachbar -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/gw1THtn9wMgJ. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 08:31:08AM -0500, Jazmin wrote:> This has probably been asked many many times but we are looking to host a > non-profit small Rails 3 app, the budget is about $20-25/month. the number > of concurrent expected users in the beginning is rather low. besides the > rails app there might be also need to host other php web sites such as > wordpress. > > I think at this point the research gave us 3 candidates. > -Linode > -Slice Host > -HostingRails > > Can anybody offer some input about this? We greatly appreciated.I just wanted to say that I''ve been with linode for a while now. Yes you have to manage things yourself but that can be a bonus in many situations. They''ve recently added a very cheap load balancing system too. In addition, their tech support is the best I have ever needed. I submitted a ticket a few days ago, had a reply within 4 minutes. The entire ticket was resolved within 15 minutes and I wasn''t left waiting for a reply at any point. They really seem to know what they''re talking about and take on board suggestions/feedback.