Hi-
I've done some searching, but since there are many options, I'd like to get some feedback from the group at large.
I have a couple of Rails apps that will likely not see too much traffic and I would like to find a public home for them. Since these sites are not generating any revenue for me, I'd like to find a less expensive home.
Anyone have a suggestion, or know of a good resource, for a good, less- expensive hosting service to get up and running?
Thanks!
Sounds like a cheap shared host like Dreamhost would work ok for you.
Ok, I'll check it out. And I guess the main thing I am looking for is a sandbox where I can test remote deploys with Cap and Git, setup the database, basically anything I would do with a "production" level app.
Thanks again for the suggestion, I'll check it out.
Ok, I'll check it out. And I guess the main thing I am looking for is a sandbox where I can test remote deploys with Cap and Git, setup the database, basically anything I would do with a "production" level app.
in that case, I'd just get a $20 slice at Slicehost.
A $20 slice or a cheap VPS from somewhere would do the trick for you ... at least that is what it sounds like.
I use webfaction and am very pleased. Great service and great price. I had to install git myself but no big deal.
Brandon
Does a "slice" allow me to have multiple apps running? For example, say I have 2 prototypes, app1 and app2.
Can I deploy app1 and app2, and if I have the domain "app1.com" and "app2.com" can I set up the DNS to correctly map to the applications seperately?
I'll check out slicehost, but thought I would put that question out there...
Thanks!
Sure,
I have multiple domains on one slice. Be aware of the type of server you run, and how you configure it, when thinking about memory. My app was veeery slow initially for configuration reasons.
I tried dreamhost and its pretty good for running dev applications on shared (passenger mod_rails !)
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Or linode.
(no affiliation, just a happy linode customer)
dwh
John Yerhot wrote:
Pete,
Since you have multiple apps, you should look for a provider that offers Passenger. I had a similar setup whith 3 apps, each run by 4 mongrels. Result: out of memory! With Passenger you don't waste resources on apps without traffic at any given moment.
Cheers, Sazima
Seems like the more I dig, the more things there are to consider 
With Slicehost, or any VPS for that matter, it seems like you get a machine to configure how you would like to, right? Almost like a dedicated host, except, it's not (if that makes sense). So if I go with a VPS, then I am free to use, Git, Passenger, or anything I want to...I just have to install it all myself?
Thanks again for all the feedback.
Pete,
You can also look at services (such as ours) that provides you with a fully configured and ready-to-go deployment environment.
We make a bunch of the decisions for you so that you can focus on coding and deploying updated versions of your applications.
Good luck! Robby
alexey.Creopolis wrote:
I tried dreamhost and its pretty good for running dev applications on shared (passenger mod_rails !)
+1 for dreamhost. They're not fast for rails aps, but definitely good enough for testing deployment and sandbox.
Plus for $10/month for pretty much unlimited resources, it can't hurt.
Matt
For your needs, I would also have to recommend Dreamhost. You can deploy production-ready apps through Capistrano and it is a great and inexpensive Rails sandbox.
HOWEVER, Dreamhost is slow to a crawl. It's actually unacceptably slow for any webapp trying to make money.. I'd venture to guess that not many users will stick around waiting for a website after it takes 10-20 seconds just to load the damn homepage.
I am desperately seeking a super-FAST Rails host that won't cost me an arm-and-a-leg. I will check out all the suggestions mentioned here, but -
Does anyone know of a host that would be able to consistently load my [simple] website pages within ~5 seconds?
Jason
jasoo24 wrote:
I am desperately seeking a super-FAST Rails host that won't cost me an arm-and-a-leg. I will check out all the suggestions mentioned here, but -
Does anyone know of a host that would be able to consistently load my [simple] website pages within ~5 seconds?
I'm not sure of current limb pricing 
but I can plug RailsCluster at
http://en.railscluster.nl. Starting at € 59 monthly you get a fully
clustered and load-balanced setup. This should give you the performance
that you seek.
There's a free 30-day trial if you'd like to check that out.
It really depends on what you consider, "an arm and a leg."
I would personally much rather pay with money.