Rails - Mar 2013 - Server advice for RoR for newbies

Hello,

I am fairly new to Ruby and deployment. Have started creating a some apps 
and going through tutorials, etc. I am thinking about buying my own server 
like a HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8
Server<http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/de/de/sm/WF25a/15351-15351-3328412-241475-241475-5261094.html>
to
host and deploy my own web app which is a project management database where 
externals and internals can track projects and upload or download files 
with invoicing functionality. Max users would be no more than 100.

Would the HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8
Server<http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/de/de/sm/WF25a/15351-15351-3328412-241475-241475-5261094.html>
be
ok? Or can I even get away with something that is less powerful?

Thx
M

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On 9 March 2013 13:02, 
<m.bissette-zqRNUXuvxA0b1SvskN2V4Q@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am fairly new to Ruby and deployment. Have started creating a some apps
> and going through tutorials, etc. I am thinking about buying my own server
> like a HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 Server to host and deploy my own web app
> which is a project management database where externals and internals can
> track projects and upload or download files with invoicing functionality.
> Max users would be no more than 100.
>
> Would the HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 Server be ok? Or can I even get away with
> something that is less powerful?
Why not just do it on Heroku or a similar system?  Then all the
difficult stuff is done for you.

If you want to do your own and it is to be a public site then unless
you know a lot about the security issues of setting up a server then
you should be very concerend.  It is not something to be taken
lightly.

Further again, if you decide to go ahead, when you say no more than
100 users, it is not the number of users that is significant but how
many are expected to be concurrently making requests on the system.
If you are expecting less than one request per second then you could
likely do it with a Raspberry Pi or similar.

Colin

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I am thinking about buying my own server 

Why not just do it on Heroku or a similar system?


Heroku is a very good option especially when you are starting out. If you 
really want to go it alone, you could also use Linode or a similar virtual 
server system (I believe Amazon now has something), which cuts out some of 
the expense of having your own physical server but still gives you all the 
''I installed everything myself and know EXACTLY what''s on my
server''
goodness. While it''s definitely possible to go completely solo there
are a
lot of complications to an entirely independent system, things like 
upload/download speed from your ISP (they''re generally not happy to
relay
lots of info out on non-business accounts, nor are they optimized to do 
so), the simple issue of maintaining connectivity & power at all times, etc.

UNLESS you are INCREDIBLY concerned about security & your information being 
on servers that you do not physically control - probably best not to buy 
hardware yet.

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