Hi, 2010/12/15 Uri Even-Chen <[email protected]>
> Hi, > > I want to build a new social networking website called Speedy Net. I > want to use PHP, Javascript and MySQL (LAMP). I am considering where > to host this website, where one of the options is using Rackspace > Cloud [http://www.rackspacecloud.com]. If I use Rackspace Cloud, I > will need to select what type of hosting I want - cloud servers > (managed or not), cloud sites or cloud files > [https://signup.rackspacecloud.com/signup?id=1238]. I also need to > select what Linux distribution to use > [ > http://www.rackspacecloud.com/cloud_hosting_products/servers/technology/index.php#os_apps > ]. > The available options are: > It really depends where are your users located. I tried few days ago their cloud offers wrote about it on my business blog here<http://blog.hetz.biz/?p=192> . > Arch 2010.05 > CentOS 5.5 > CentOS 5.4 > Debian 5.0 (Lenny) > Fedora 14 (Laughlin) > Fedora 13 (Goddard) > Fedora 12 (Constantine) > Gentoo 10.1 > Oracle EL R5U4 > Oracle EL R5U3 JEOS > Red Hat EL 5.4 > Red Hat EL 5.3 > Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) > Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) > Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) > Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS (Hardy Heron) > It's really up to you to decide which distribution to use. Red Hat EL costs more because it includes subscriptions. > I don't know which distribution to choose! I only used Red Hat Linux, > about 10 years ago, and even if I select Red Hat - I don't know which > one. I don't know the difference between distributions, I just know I > need LAMP. > > What do you recommend? > All of those distributions can do the job well, it's up to you to decide which you're comfortable with. > Also, I understand if I choose an unmanaged server, I will need to > install everything myself - including Apache, PHP and MySQL? Or are > they installed in the distributions? > They probably install the minimal distribution and you'll need to either install with yum or apt-get (depends on the distribution) the rest of the packages. It shouldn't take more then few minutes to do the install. One thing that you do need - is to find someone who will manage the server(s) for you, because Rackspace support won't do the job for you unless you buy the much more expensive "managed" solution. > How do I backup the database and files? Do I need to select a managed > server? > mysqldump, tar, pgdump and other tools available for backup. Do you need to select a managed server? I didn't see any cloud offer from them which is managed. They give managing option for physical servers but you'll need to pay few hundred dollars each month for that. > I also received a list of PHP Web Hosting > [http://www.webhostingreport.com/best-php-hosting.html], but I'm quite > suspicious of "unlimited" web hosting, for around $3.50 per month. How > can web hosting be unlimited? Do I really get an unlimited website for > $3.50 per month?!? > There is no free lunch. Those offers give you slow web site, less then minimal support, and the servers are not stable at all. Good luck. Hetz Thanks, > Uri Even-Chen > Mobile Phone: +972-50-9007559 > E-mail: [email protected] > Website: http://www.speedy.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > -- *חץ בן חמו חץ-ביז (הוסטינג) *השכרה ואירוח של שרתים פיזיים השכרת שרתים וירטואליים מקצועיים וגדולים במחירים *קטנים* בקרו באתרנו בכתובת hetz.biz <http://www.hetz.biz/> ובבלוג שלנו: blog.hetz.biz טלפוןן: 0783333113/4/5, אימייל: [email protected] מסנג'ר: [email protected] - סקייפ: heunique
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