It's not like I can pick any os I want with the company I had in mind - Debian - CentOS - Fedora - Slackware - Ubuntu - OpenSUSE
And I do know Centos is no-go for reasons mentioned above Yes the prices are nice if you earn in EURO/USD :) I'd like to learn how to setup a proper rails server as that is knowledge I'd love to have. There is also the issue of being the king of my castle thing. Also I can see its quite messy to install RoR 3 according to their blog (what bothers me most is messing with the app to get it going on that particular host) Btw. I'm sure I won't be spot on the first time around but if that will be the case I'll just keep it private for my projects (I need that either way) and if I get some pro opinions that I did that right I'll advertise it and see what happens :). The mindset I'm in right now is more e like: "OK I'm missing a affordable place to put my stuff into so people don't want websites in the new tech I'm dong so to get work at all I need where to put it" rather than "YAY! I'll have a host, become pro and dominate the world *evil laugh*" It's footing that helps me get money out of webdev not a tool to directly make money. On Mar 8, 11:28 pm, Bob Sleys <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know what kind of performance you need but I've had pretty good > luck getting rails apps running at site5 and their prices are very > reasonable. > > of course setting up your own would be far superior if you have > the resources. For linux server software I generaly start with > clearos<http://www.clearfoundation.com/>. > Its a great server os IMHO. > > > > > > > > On Thursday, March 8, 2012 5:08:01 PM UTC-5, Scorpio wrote: > > > Thanks for the input. as far as setting up a server goes. Sure I'll > > probably struggle at some point as I'm not by far a god when it comes > > to server config but the thing is if I wanna keep doing rails I gotta > > do it because the few good (especially reseller) hosts charge such > > ridiculous money no client of mine will be willing to pay that if he > > can get a php host for like 1/10 of the price. I don't deal with big > > fish thus I need to provide acceptable solutions for small amounts of $ > > $ if I wanna get any business at all as freelance webdev is under- > > payed as hell around here. > > > I know there are some nice hosts out there but its all in the Euro > > zone so out of the question. Too bad exchange rate that basically > > makes the prices as sick. > > > I'll take your input under advice and revisit the choice of the polish > > vps but the company I've picked is quite transparent when I called > > their technical department. Seems they originated from/do a lot of > > business in Germany and its all Ordnung muss sein so I'm quite > > pleased. > > > As far as linux goes I'll have to recheck what webmin works on but I'm > > sure I'm not gonna go for Centos for the life of me as I've had some > > very horrid experiences with a host on that dostro as the repos are > > ancient and I had to call the admin every 10 minutes to compile > > everything from source also the setup was so badly done I dare say I'd > > do it better before even beginning my research. It was just a > > developers nightmare. > > > Thanks for the input on solr. > > > Any tips/guides/links on how to setup a ror server would be nice as > > you seem to have a ton of experience > > > On Mar 8, 1:06 pm, Peter Booth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I went through the same thing a couple of years ago, both for myself and > > for some clients I was doing performance work for. What I learned was: > > > > 1. Most VPS hosting providers are very vague about their hardware specs > > and what fraction of a multiverse server you are paying for. There are well > > known, reputable companies that will charge you $200/month for 1/8 of a > > physical core, whilst others charge $45 for a single core. That's a ratio > > of 32 to 1! > > > > 2. Capacity planning and performance tuning of virtual machines is hard. > > I've been doing it for six years and I was stunned by the inattention and > > lack of technical competence shown by some hosting companies. Over > > provisioning, misconfiguration and plain broken infrastructure abound. Be > > careful who you choose and adopt the Reagan slogan of "trust but verify" > > > > I found that i got the best hardware bang for the Buck from a specialist > > gaming server hosting company that rents out VPS on their surplus hardware. > > The late cues are excellent which is the crucial variable when you want a > > fast site. > > > > You have a better chance of avoiding over provisioning with a provider > > that uses Xen because Xen doesn't do memory over subscription. > > > > 3. There are a bunch of cool, slick Linux distributions available yet > > the most practical for serving a website is boring old RedHat/Centos. > > > > 4. The hobo solr recipe plus the solr website should be enough to > > configure a basic solr/rails install. > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > Peter > > > > On Mar 7, 2012, at 6:29 PM, Scorpio <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I know it's a bit offtopic and for that I'm sorry but this community > > > > saved my behind on a number of occasions. > > > > > Due to lack of an affordable RoR 3 host that's actually worth > > > > something I'm gonna be setting up a vps webhost of my own, nginx, rvm, > > > > shell, mysql,(long list) the works. But just today I read an awesome > > > > tutorial on Sunspot by kevinpfromnm (Thanks m8!) and I'd like to > > > > integrate that into a major app that I've been building for quite some > > > > time. > > > > Solr is required for that and as I do know how to setup a proper Rails > > > > 3 host with nginx and webmin(+rails support) for the most part (sure > > > > there will be stuff to figure out but hell.. got most of it in my > > > > head) I've got no idea how to combine that with Solr. > > > > > Any thoughts /resources / places to ask would be great! > > > > Thanks! > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Hobo Users" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. 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