Use Chef to configure your servers :) It's definitely some work up-front to get recipes how you like them, but then you can build replicas on Slicehost/Rackspace/EC2 in minutes with confidence that it's done right and you didn't miss anything.
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Ken Hudson <[email protected] > wrote: > Thank you for the info James! > > Any words of wisdom on the migration? > > Thanks, Ken > > > On May 3, 2011, at 10:44 AM, James Miller wrote: > > I moved a client (4 servers) from Slicehost to Rackspace a few months back > and so far it's actually been less expensive. Slicehost gives you a bunch > of bandwidth up-front, whereas Rackspace charges less for the servers and > bandwidth is usage-based. > > Slicehost 2GB server w/ 1200GB bandwidth: $130/mo > Rackspace 2GB server: $88/mo + 1200GB bandwidth: $215/mo = $303/mo (yikes) > > In this case, the client only used about 800GB of bandwidth/mo across all > servers so the overall cost went down a bit. > > Check your current bandwidth usage and play with the Rackspace calculator > at http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/cloud_hosting_products/servers/pricing/ > > Hopefully this gives some cost perspective, though I definitely agree that > migrating is a pain. > > James > > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Ken Hudson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm not sure how many of you use Slicehost like I do but I received an >> email this morning informing me that they are going to "convert current >> Slicehost accounts to Rackspace Cloud Servers accounts over the next year". >> In other words, they're killing off Slicehost. In my opinion, Slicehost >> has been just great (been a customer for at least 4 years, I think) and from >> everything I hear Rackspace is going to me more expensive. Plus I get to do >> a migration instead of doing actual productive work. >> >> Anyway, just thought I'd pass this along... >> >> Thanks, Ken >> >> >> http://www.shareastronomy.com >> @shareastronomy >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > > > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > > > http://www.shareastronomy.com > @shareastronomy > > > > > > > > > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
