I have a commercial Radiant-based website that I manage for a small- business client. They pay me a flat annual fee to do so, but lacking any other clients to split the cost between (and I have no plans of getting more), their fee doesn''t cover the entire cost of the hosting service I use for it. What recommendations do others have for low-cost Rails hosting? -- 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.
depending on the level of traffic, i recommend heroku On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:13 PM, trans <transfire-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I have a commercial Radiant-based website that I manage for a small- > business client. They pay me a flat annual fee to do so, but lacking > any other clients to split the cost between (and I have no plans of > getting more), their fee doesn''t cover the entire cost of the hosting > service I use for it. > > What recommendations do others have for low-cost Rails hosting? > > -- > 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.
On Oct 6, 5:18 pm, jason white <jasonwhite...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> depending on the level of traffic, i recommend herokuI''ve heard this recommendation before, but isn''t the minimum cost of heroku $36/mo ? -- 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@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Martin Wawrusch
2011-Oct-07 12:44 UTC
Re: Re: Inexpensive Rails Hosting for Small Business Client
No, it is 0. There website is confusing, they are aware of this and are hopefully clarifying this, On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:39 AM, trans <transfire-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > > On Oct 6, 5:18 pm, jason white <jasonwhite...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > depending on the level of traffic, i recommend heroku > > I''ve heard this recommendation before, but isn''t the minimum cost of > heroku $36/mo ? > > -- > 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.
Danaka Kahn
2011-Oct-07 14:33 UTC
Re: Re: Inexpensive Rails Hosting for Small Business Client
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Martin Wawrusch <martin-qs6+VQBngv1Wk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> No, it is 0. There website is confusing, they are aware of this and are > hopefully clarifying this, > > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:39 AM, trans <transfire-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > >> >> >> On Oct 6, 5:18 pm, jason white <jasonwhite...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> > depending on the level of traffic, i recommend heroku >> >> I''ve heard this recommendation before, but isn''t the minimum cost of >> heroku $36/mo ? >> >Yeah - they are $0 to get started, then you pay to increase bandwidth/throughput. I am not sure how it goes if you start getting a lot of volume in terms of how the cost of heroku compares to others, but for the sheer ease and slickness of easy deployments, creating multiple environments (such as staging vs production), automated backups available (at least for pg), and so much more, unless someone has a specific reason not to use them, heroku is amazing. I hope their model is the general wave of the future, at least for us who would rather create functionality than configure boxes.> >> -- >> 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. >-- 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.
On Oct 7, 10:33 am, Danaka Kahn <structuralartis...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Martin Wawrusch <mar...-qs6+VQBngv1Wk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > No, it is 0. There website is confusing, they are aware of this and are > > hopefully clarifying this, > > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:39 AM, trans <transf...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > >> On Oct 6, 5:18 pm, jason white <jasonwhite...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > >> > depending on the level of traffic, i recommend heroku > > >> I''ve heard this recommendation before, but isn''t the minimum cost of > >> heroku $36/mo ? > > Yeah - they are $0 to get started, then you pay to increase > bandwidth/throughput. I am not sure how it goes if you start getting a lot > of volume in terms of how the cost of heroku compares to others, but for the > sheer ease and slickness of easy deployments, creating multiple environments > (such as staging vs production), automated backups available (at least for > pg), and so much more, unless someone has a specific reason not to use them, > heroku is amazing. I hope their model is the general wave of the future, at > least for us who would rather create functionality than configure boxes.Indeed. I fully agree about the great features. So I might try it. In fact, come to think of it, I might try contacting them directly and see what their take on my kind of business case is. Thanks! -- 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@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Jonny Dalgleish
2011-Oct-09 02:24 UTC
Re: Inexpensive Rails Hosting for Small Business Client
I''ve been using Heroku for a while, and if you are doing a few small apps, I suggest setting up some CRON jobs to ping your server every 15 minutes or so… The non paid service will shut down your site when idle for a certain period of time… if you ping your site intermiddely, in theory it shouldn''t shut down. I found this important when showing working prototypes to clients, as I didn''t want to pay to host until it was ready for production, but a 30 second lag when showing a client, wasn''t going to cut it. Let me know if this helps, Jonny On 09/10/2011, at 1:19 PM, trans wrote:> > > On Oct 7, 10:33 am, Danaka Kahn <structuralartis...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Martin Wawrusch <mar...-qs6+VQBngv1Wk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >>> No, it is 0. There website is confusing, they are aware of this and are >>> hopefully clarifying this, >> >>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:39 AM, trans <transf...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> >>>> On Oct 6, 5:18 pm, jason white <jasonwhite...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >>>>> depending on the level of traffic, i recommend heroku >> >>>> I''ve heard this recommendation before, but isn''t the minimum cost of >>>> heroku $36/mo ? >> >> Yeah - they are $0 to get started, then you pay to increase >> bandwidth/throughput. I am not sure how it goes if you start getting a lot >> of volume in terms of how the cost of heroku compares to others, but for the >> sheer ease and slickness of easy deployments, creating multiple environments >> (such as staging vs production), automated backups available (at least for >> pg), and so much more, unless someone has a specific reason not to use them, >> heroku is amazing. I hope their model is the general wave of the future, at >> least for us who would rather create functionality than configure boxes. > > Indeed. I fully agree about the great features. > > So I might try it. In fact, come to think of it, I might try > contacting them directly and see what their take on my kind of > business case is. > > Thanks! > > -- > 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@googlegroups.com. > 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@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Martin Wawrusch
2011-Oct-09 08:38 UTC
Re: Inexpensive Rails Hosting for Small Business Client
An alternative option to that is to create an google office account for each site, create an email there, use that email to sign up for pingdom.com and have them poll your site. Solves a couple of problems at once. On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Jonny Dalgleish <fighella-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I''ve been using Heroku for a while, and if you are doing a few small apps, > I suggest setting up some CRON jobs to ping your server every 15 minutes or > so… The non paid service will shut down your site when idle for a certain > period of time… if you ping your site intermiddely, in theory it shouldn''t > shut down. > > I found this important when showing working prototypes to clients, as I > didn''t want to pay to host until it was ready for production, but a 30 > second lag when showing a client, wasn''t going to cut it. > > Let me know if this helps, > > Jonny > > > > > On 09/10/2011, at 1:19 PM, trans wrote: > > > > > > > On Oct 7, 10:33 am, Danaka Kahn <structuralartis...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Martin Wawrusch <mar...-qs6+VQBngv1Wk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> > wrote: > >>> No, it is 0. There website is confusing, they are aware of this and are > >>> hopefully clarifying this, > >> > >>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:39 AM, trans <transf...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > >> > >>>> On Oct 6, 5:18 pm, jason white <jasonwhite...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > >>>>> depending on the level of traffic, i recommend heroku > >> > >>>> I''ve heard this recommendation before, but isn''t the minimum cost of > >>>> heroku $36/mo ? > >> > >> Yeah - they are $0 to get started, then you pay to increase > >> bandwidth/throughput. I am not sure how it goes if you start getting a > lot > >> of volume in terms of how the cost of heroku compares to others, but for > the > >> sheer ease and slickness of easy deployments, creating multiple > environments > >> (such as staging vs production), automated backups available (at least > for > >> pg), and so much more, unless someone has a specific reason not to use > them, > >> heroku is amazing. I hope their model is the general wave of the future, > at > >> least for us who would rather create functionality than configure boxes. > > > > Indeed. I fully agree about the great features. > > > > So I might try it. In fact, come to think of it, I might try > > contacting them directly and see what their take on my kind of > > business case is. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > 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. > >-- 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@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.