Linode is faster and more friendly. They aren't owned by a big conglomerate like rackspace so you will get personal support and they will take a vested interest in keeping the web2py site up. You should consider emailing them, they may even give you a free instance if you recommend Linode for web2py deployment.
On Feb 28, 8:43 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > I followed your advice and for now I a message. > I could move to slice host but not today. I will try later tonight or > tomorrow. > I just landed from India and still need some time to shower, unpack, > rest. > > Massimo > > On Feb 28, 9:18 am, "mr.freeze" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +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.
