Definitely a learning curve with Chef Might want to wait and see what Rackspace says about migrating. Perhaps they will make a way to pull server images from Slicehost to Rackspace. Might be as simple as firing up a new server from a cloud files image and pointing DNS to the new IP. That might be overly wishful thinking though.
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Ken Hudson <[email protected] > wrote: > I've never used Chef but I've heard good things about it. Of course, one > more learning curve... At times like this I wish my company had more > employees than just me! :-) > > Thanks, > > Ken > > > On May 3, 2011, at 10:52 AM, James Miller wrote: > > 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 > > > 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
