We are currently running our Rails App on EC2 in production, and as VPSs go, I must say I really like it. Its relatively inexpensive for what you get (1.7 GHz, 2 Gigs of ram for approximately $80/month, and much bigger servers are available if you need them). Additionally, the ability to provision new servers on demand is very useful for testing/staging and fast/free bandwidth to S3 is great for backups (you still pay for storage).
All that being said, it is still a VPS, and a VPS with some quirks. If you don't mind managing your own servers, I highly recommend it. As for me, I'm a programmer, not a sysadmin, if I had it to do all over again, I'd probably go with EngineYard for a standard Rails (or Merb) app. However, if you need a lot of burst capacity, such as occassionally processing a lot of video, or crunching large datasets, EC2 can be a great resource. Bottom line, EC2 is a great VPS with a lot of perks (and virtually unlimited capacity) if you don't mind/want to manage your own server(s). However, in my opinion, its probably cheaper in the long run to outsource the server management and let Ruby specialist focus on Ruby. Chris On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 8:10 PM, Scott Hodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have my own co-lo, a 12U quarter-rack at Cox Communications in > Rancho Santa Margarita. I host 5 of my own server(s) there as well as > 3 others for some hosting customers ($125/mo/U or $1,200/yr/U), plus a > 1U, 8-port KVM+LCD tray. I can mod the setup however I want. Running > Ubuntu 6.06 currently, going to upgrade soon to 8.04 or 8.10 if I can > procrastinate long enough through October :) > > Anybody every tried an Amazon EC2 rails deployment? > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > I'm in godaddy hell right now! > > > > Not my choice to host a Rails app there ... but, that is what the > > client wants. So first question, "Does anyone have experience and/or > > advice on pusing a 2.1.1 Rails app onto godaddy?" > > > > Second question, "What hosting providers do you recommend and why?" > > > > I have some other clients that I'll have more a say into where their > > apps live. > > > > Thanks much - Wayde > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
