I've decided on Slicehost - seems to have the most recommendations from developers I've heard from, and the pricing and features are incredible value. I prefer root access to CPanel and such anyway.
Dreamhost returned a response 26 hrs after my query - I wonder if their entire support staff fell asleep yesterday? ;) As suspected, traffic spiked over the previous week bringing server load from 10 to over 125 at peak. They pretty much suggested their account would not be able to continue hosting the blog. Their alternative was their private server offering, but it's more expensive than VPS (managed with same limitations as their other accounts - no root access for example), and it's high time I prepared for the future anyway. Dreamhost has been excellent for my needs this far, but they are not capable of handling the traffic or resource utilisation I am planning for. Pádraic Brady http://blog.astrumfutura.com http://www.patternsforphp.com OpenID Europe Foundation ----- Original Message ---- From: Jim Scherer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:02:06 PM Subject: Re: [fw-general] Example Zend Framework Blog Application Tutorial: Parts 1-8 Paddy, I've been using Slicehost.com for a few weeks and I'd recommend it highly. I don't get a great deal of traffic, but it has been reliable and its very quick. Its an amazing deal for what they charge and you can bump your service up/down as you see fit. I'm just using the 256 MB slice and the visitors to my personal site are amazed at the difference. I was using Dreamhost and I liked the access they gave me, but at times the server was too slow for my liking. It does a wonderful job of serving up php/mysql and the Zend Framework. If no one else had recommended you feel free to reference me: https://manage.slicehost.com/customers/new?referrer=277638520 It takes a few hours to get setup but its worth it. Jim Pádraic Brady wrote: > > Slicehost.com look like a good candidate. Minimal upfront management. Just > some expandable VPS instances and lots of Ubuntu to select from. I'll > probably throw up something using apt to get started and customise from > there. Their frontend is written in Ruby though ;). > > Paddy > > > Federico Cargnelutti-3 wrote: >> >> I heard that Zend has now bigger and more powerful servers and that they >> are >> giving aways free hosting to distinctive members of its community ;) >> >> If that's not true, check out Bytemark, it gives you a Linux VM (Debian >> or >> Ubuntu). >> >> http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ >> >> >> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Pádraic Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Quite right - working on something for that. >>> >>> Another improvement would be keeping it online ;). My current hosting >>> provider have decided my blog creates far too much trouble for the >>> server >>> it's hosted on and have promptly disabled it. A quick analysis shows >>> traffic >>> to the blog has been spiking for the last week at levels up to 10 times >>> normal. I tried a few things like bypass caching, and patching so >>> Headers >>> allow better caching, but no such luck. The minute it's back online, >>> it's >>> swarmed to death. The server capacity simply isn't sufficient - full >>> stop. >>> >>> I seriously underestimated how popular this series would be. >>> >>> I'm working towards a much improved VPS solution so I can get everything >>> back online on a high capacity server. Unfortunately since it's my >>> personal >>> blog, and personal apps, I really won't have time to do all that before >>> the >>> weekend. >>> >>> >>> Rob Allen-3 wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > On 13 May 2008, at 17:04, Wil Sinclair wrote: >>> > >>> >> No goodwill points deducted, Paddy. :) If anyone has something that >>> >> they feel the larger community will find of value- and I don't think >>> >> there is any doubt in this regard towards Paddy's tutorial series- >>> >> then feel free to post links here. >>> >> >>> >> ,Wil >>> > >>> > >>> > I agree - it's an excellent tutorial series. It could do with a start >>> > page that lists all the parts though :) >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > >>> > Rob... >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Pádraic Brady >>> >>> http://blog.astrumfutura.com >>> http://www.patternsforphp.com >>> OpenID Europe Foundation - Irish Representative >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://www.nabble.com/Example-Zend-Framework-Blog-Application-Tutorial%3A-Parts-1-8-tp17210745p17248339.html >>> Sent from the Zend Framework mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Example-Zend-Framework-Blog-Application-Tutorial%3A-Parts-1-8-tp17210745p17263535.html Sent from the Zend Framework mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
