On Mar 10, 11:07 am, "Garland, Ken R" <[email protected]> wrote:
> So in a round about way you agree with everything I said.

In some ways, yes, but I do think WebFaction is suitable for more than
just "fun projects."


> I can understand if you don't want to manage a site, but I don't mind.
> WebFaction is not up front with their issues as 100% of the time they were
> unaware of the overload issues that were being experienced.

I'm not sure what you mean here. I was referring to their feed that
lets you know that "server x is having issue y and this is what we're
doing about it." I appreciate that kind of transparency.

That said, perhaps they aren't as on top of issues as they could be.
I'm not sure; I only know that my experience (since '06) has been
positive overall.


> I wrote my own
> monitoring utility just to alert them of system problems and I was always
> the first to open a ticket before their support staff was aware of the
> issue. My contributions to monitoring have been posted in their support
> forums. I was doing all the work already without any control, so I decided
> to move to a VPS so I could do both and get results.
>
> However, this is not the place for such arguments so I apologize.
>
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Wyatt Baldwin
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> > On Mar 10, 10:22 am, "Garland, Ken R" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > I've recently moved away from webfaction as their hosts were constantly
> > > being over utilized.
>
> > I've never had a problem with WebFaction. I really like that they're
> > up front with regard to server issues. I think for a personal site or
> > a demo, their basic plans are fine, but this is true of *any* hosting
> > provider--when you need to go critical, low end plans generally aren't
> > going to cut it.
>
> > > Currently I use VPS.net and manage my own virtual servers. If this is
> > just a
> > > fun project then webfaction is a great place to host, quick and easy to
> > > setup. If it is something you consider mission critical with maximum
> > uptime
> > > and control then you'll want a VPS solution.
>
> > I'm not sure about this. I'd say it depends on the provider and the
> > plan (and your needs, of course). I've had bad luck with VPS in the
> > past, and the hassle of managing everything yourself is often not
> > worth the effort.
>
> > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Brian O'Connor <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > > I've really enjoyed webfaction for all sorts of projects, including
> > pylons.
>
> > > > On 3/10/10, gazza <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > Hiya,
>
> > > > > I want to port the web server Ive written in pylons to a linux
> > server.
> > > > > Can anyboody recommend a company that are good to work with when
> > > > > dealing with Pylons?
>
> > > > > Much appreciated,
> > > > > Gazza
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