Slicehost does handle DNS... http://www.slicehost.com/faq#do-you-host-dns-or-register-domains
My recommendation is to stay away from shared hosting if possible. On 8/1/07, Chris Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've used TextDrive, for a shared host setup for a long time. There > have been a few ups and downs, but mostly it's been quite good from my > point of view. I think part of the issue is often it's not an > apples-to-apples comparison. TextDrive is shared hosting. Something > like SliceHost (who I have also used) is a VPS, and a completely bare > bones one at that (e.g. they don't even do DNS). When you're on > shared hosting, you have the potential to be affected by other > people's actions or applications, etc. > > If one is to compare against other VPS solutions, then they should > compare Joyent's Accelerators, which so far, I've heard nothing but > good about. They also have some low cost versions now as well. > > I am currently in the process of finding a VPS solution. Accelerators > are in the top couple on my list right now. Slicehost is interesting, > but it's too bare bones for what we want (we'd rather spend more, to > get more things done that we don't want our developers having to spend > their time on - taking their time away from app development). > EngineYard is pretty slick, and has some very nice stuff, but, at > least from the info I gather on their web site, it's a bit too > confining (very Rails specific, requires(?) their deployment recipe, > etc.). So, I think you just have to evaluate it per your needs. > Granted, if Joyent/TextDrive's support is not standing up, then that's > a flag. I've had a few cases of this, but nothing that has caused me > to go somewhere else or really complain much. > > On 8/1/07, Marston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I keep hearing stories like this about them, too bad :-\. > > > > We use Slicehost.com for all our hosting as well and it is superb. > > > > On Jul 28, 8:27 am, GA Gorter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Somebody tolds me that textdriven is a very good hosting company so i > > > get an account for one year at textdriven > > > Maybe it was a good hosting company in the past but for now it's a > > > problem hosting company. > > > The only goof thing is that you can setup your own DNS. > > > > > > This time i uploaded a new site and a get no more than an error in my > > > production.log > > > MissingSourceFile (no such file to load -- application): > > > I have the application file in my app controllers and on ocomotive my > > > site works well. > > > I tried almost everything to get in on work. > > > So i made an ticket on the helpdesk that there is something wrong on > the > > > server nut no anser att all > > > I get many crashes on my site at textdriven and the server was very > > > slow. > > > > > > so for a month ago i decided to setup my main site on another hosting > in > > > the netherlands named bluerail. > > > You can't setup your own DNS but the service is very well, you can > even > > > call to them and the site loads a lot quicker than on textdriven, most > > > websites i visit are slower now than my own site. > > > > > > The biggest mistake i ever made is to setup an account for one year at > > > textdriven > > > -- > > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Chris Bailey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deploying Rails" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
