hey Robin Meant to jump on the last post. We do a ton of work with Drupal work. Drupal and Expression Engine are both really fantastic CMS solutions; we usually lean towards Drupal 7, since its open source, has a large dev community, etc.
I would definitely try and host this on a MediaTemple (Dreamhost we've been really unhappy with) or a similar hosting platform. Cloud hosting via Amazon S3 is great, but does involve some real heavy lifting on the server side to install and maintain the codebase. You might also consider hosting with Acquia: http://www.acquia.com This is a great cloud hosted solution that also provides robust support, will keep your modules and security patches up to date, etc. It's not super cheap but it probably the best long-term hosting solution for Drupal. Feel free to hit me up for more info. We've hosted Drupal on a range of hosts and definitely have our favorites. As a general rule don't cheap out on hosting, since migrating a Drupal site is none too easy once its up and running. Hope this helps Josh Josh Goldblum Founding Principal Bluecadet Interactive www.bluecadet.com w. 267 639 9956 c. 267 226 3521 twitter :joshgoldblum On Dec 6, 2012, at 12:50 PM, Robin White Owen <robin at mediacombo.net> wrote: > Hello all, > > First, thank you to the people who got in touch with examples of on-line > learning platforms built in Drupal. Now I have a request for completely > different kind of information. > > We need to spec a computer to act as a server for a Linux based (LAMP) > project and would greatly appreciate recommendations for what to buy. It > seems unnecessary to buy a Dell and pay for Windows when we won't be using > it. But, maybe I'm wrong about that. > > Any advice based on your experiences would be helpful. Thank you, in advance, > > Robin > > Robin White Owen > M: 917/407-7641 > T: 646/472-5145 > robin at mediacombo.net > www.mediacombo.net > http://mediacombo.net/blog > twitter.com/rocombo > > > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
