+1 for slicehost and +1 for putting a message on web2py.com. Something like: "We've been growing! As a result, we have had to move this site to another host. Please excuse any recent downtime."
On Feb 28, 9:03 am, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > Massimo, you should consider moving to slicehost, I have been running > 3 separate slicehost servers for web2py, none of them have ever been > down since I purchased the services. > > Alternatively, if you want cloud hosting, rackspace provides excellent > cloud servers in the same datacenters as slicehost. > > I agree, the issue has been with DNS and the hosting provider, there > was not much that anyone else could have done other than stick it on > another VPS temporarily. > > I also suggest adding a note explaining this situation at the top of > web2py.com and web2py.com/book in big red letters with a grey > background... at least the trolls will have to find something "else" > to complain about. > > -Thadeus > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 8:59 AM, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > You are right. We may need a community solution. > > > I could give root privileges to a couple of people on this list > > although the problem is never with the server itself. We have had > > problems with the DNS when we migrated and we have had problems with > > the hosting provider. In all of these cases there was nothing I could > > do and giving access to other people would not have solved the > > problem. > > > Massimo > > > On Feb 28, 8:43 am, Mengu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> trolls are everywhere and yes, this is unfair because this is not > >> web2py's fault. however web2py.com being down for hours? this is not > >> fair too. i remember someone suggesting the community should also run > >> the web site. i suggest instead of the community you can also share > >> the information with one or two of the most active contributors so > >> when you are not around they fix the issues. > > >> On 28 Şubat, 14:48, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/b792t/why_is_web2pycom_often_... > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "web2py-users" 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" 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/web2py?hl=en.

