Jay, You have full control over your VPS: root access, add/remove packages, etc. The only thing you are missing is the full power to the HW since you are sharing it with other people. But you also pay a fraction so it evens up. And you can buy backups and you get RAID1 for free so it is hard to match value on a dedicated server. BTW, if you need that the best value I've found (and using) is cari.net [1], you can get started for $60/mo. Although I would highly recommend RAID1 and backups at the very least.
Now on the development side I gotta say that you shouldn't have to go through the hassle of setting up one app for multiple domains because of the cost. A VPS like we talked before should handle multiple apps. BTW, SliceHost[1] let's you resize your VPS up or down (256 <-> 512 <- > 1024) in literally minutes so getting the amount of resources you need shouldn't be a problem. Now,if you really need an app to handle multiple domains with different logic for each url you can deinitely do it but it won't be an easy road. I have a framework that does something similar and I can tell you that Rails wasn't made to make your life easier down that road. If you really need more info on that we can talk some more other time. Hope it helps, AEM [1] http://slicehost.com On Jun 15, 9:36 am, James Hargreaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED] s.net> wrote: > Hi Adrian/Chris > > Thanks for your responses. > > Chris: Yes, I am worried about the whole same app/same database model > too. Seems like a bad plan to me, hence why I have stayed away from it > thus far. > > I think you're right - providing the functionality I require in the form > of a plugin is the correct way to go. I'm never going to be able to > write no new code at all, the important thing is to reuse the difficult > stuff :) > > Adrian: I'll look into Slicehost now. $38 seems very cheap for 512, what > am I missing? Apart from a box to sign in :) > > I agree LiteSpeed sounds like the best option server-wise - I'd never > heard of it before now but seems fairly self-explanatory and worth > looking into. > > Cheers > Jay > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deploying Rails" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-deployment@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-deployment?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
