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

Rails
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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 Y. - 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 :slight_smile:

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 :slight_smile:

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.

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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

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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