Andrew mentioned HostingRails (http://www.hostingrails.com/)... does anyone else have any experience with them?
> If you don't want to manage your own hosting (As your email seems to > point out) there are solutions, depending on the $ you're looking to > spend. There are plenty of services, but the one that pops into my > head > is http://www.hostingrails.com/ - They offer cheaper fcgi (Which I > likely wouldn't touch again due to the dynamic allocation issues I had > on DreamHost), or starting at $9.79, you can go Mongrel or $13.98 > and up > for Mongrel Cluster. On Nov 8, 2007, at 12:07 PM, Travis Bell wrote: > I agree with a big thumbs up for LiteSpeed. We run LiteSpeed on our > production and dev environments primarily for it's ease of use with > Rails. On top of that, it's fast to boot and always "just works". > > Cheers, > > -- > Travis Bell > Not sent from my iPhone. > > > > > > On 8-Nov-07, at 7:22 AM, Sean Cribbs wrote: > >> If you don't want to fiddle with Mongrel or FCGI on your VPS, I >> highly >> recommend Litespeed Web Server. The free version runs quite nicely >> and >> their LSAPI is significantly faster than FCGI. The big bonus is >> being >> able to configure your Rails apps from a web interface. When we >> launched kckcc.edu in January, we used Litespeed (purchased 2-cpu >> version) and were quite happy with it. >> >> Sean >> >> Andrew Klein wrote: >>> Hello Ryan! >>> >>> Welcome to Radiant on Dreamhost! To sum it up, Dreamhost's support >>> for >>> Rails in general SUCKS. They run on a dynamic-count fcgi setup and >>> they >>> will not do anything to help you. After 2 months of back and forth >>> with >>> their support, they will not do ANYTHING to their default box setup. >>> 'It's set up for a reason' attitude. Problem with Dreamhost is by >>> default they put a cap on you for 200MB RAM usage, and as soon as >>> you >>> get --5-- processes running of Radiant or any slightly-heavier Rails >>> script up, you will git that point and their process killer will >>> ruthlessly start killing your processes; As well, I found if I got >>> too >>> fast of traffic with them, my CPU would spike HARD (From the dynamic >>> fcgi launching) and it too then would kill the processes. For many >>> sites, a fixed 2-process fcgi setup would do well, it cuts down on >>> memory usage overall and you get some serious speed increases >>> because >>> you're not relaunching a process over and over (As soon as one of >>> the 5 >>> processes die down, it kills them too, with how DreamHost is set >>> up) - I >>> couldn't handle 500-600 visitors with DreamHost at all. >>> Impossible. My >>> site would be down for 40-50 minutes out of every hour, just >>> because of >>> apache taking a moment to respawn a ruthlessly-killed fcgi thread >>> (s). I >>> couldn't imagine trying to manage them with the 1500-2200 visitors >>> I get >>> daily now. >>> >>> Myself? I chose to host my own system. Rather than a dedicated >>> box, I >>> went for a VPS, which has been actually very rewarding, but let me >>> tell >>> you, getting a Mongrel cluster set up and optimized is a headache >>> you >>> may NOT want to partake in. >>> >>> If you don't want to manage your own hosting (As your email seems to >>> point out) there are solutions, depending on the $ you're looking to >>> spend. There are plenty of services, but the one that pops into my >>> head >>> is http://www.hostingrails.com/ - They offer cheaper fcgi (Which I >>> likely wouldn't touch again due to the dynamic allocation issues I >>> had >>> on DreamHost), or starting at $9.79, you can go Mongrel or $13.98 >>> and up >>> for Mongrel Cluster. >>> >>> Just because it says 'Rails' on their features page, does NOT mean >>> they >>> have any clue how to run a Rails service. It's like saying 'Free >>> diamond >>> ring with any purchase!' and then giving you a plastic ring with a >>> diamond chip taped to it. >>> >>> Anyways, hope this helps. >>> Andrew >>> >>> >>> Ryan Heneise wrote: >>> >>>> What are your best experiences with web hosts for Radiant? Are >>>> there >>>> any hosts that are particularly Radiant-friendly? Where do you host >>>> your Radiant sites now? Are you happy with them? >>>> >>>> I'll start... >>>> >>>> I've been hosting several Radiant sites on Dreamhost, but I've been >>>> only marginally happy with the service. It tends to be pretty >>>> slow at >>>> times. >>>> >>>> I've had the best luck with my own server, which is a colocated >>>> Apple >>>> Xserve. I have full control over it, but it is a pain to manage, >>>> and I >>>> don't like being stuck with the full liability of hosting >>>> customers' >>>> sites _and_ email and all that goes with it. On the other hand, >>>> Xserve >>>> is an awesome environment for Rails/Radiant. And I'm really looking >>>> forward to trying Leopard server - it really seems ideal for this >>>> sort >>>> of thing. >>>> >>>> - Ryan >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Radiant mailing list >>>> Post: [email protected] >>>> Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ >>>> Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Radiant mailing list >>> Post: [email protected] >>> Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ >>> Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Radiant mailing list >> Post: [email protected] >> Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ >> Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant > > _______________________________________________ > Radiant mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant > _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: [email protected] Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
