[Ruby] MediaTemple GridServer Experiences?

[Michael Judge]

I see what you mean about EngineYard being expensive: $500 a month  
minimum.  Ouch.

On Dec 1, 2006, at 12:31 AM, Jesse Proudman wrote:

> MTs grid was at first an interesting concept primarily because
> they're one of the first movers with the technology.  But once the
> technology that powered their systems was made public, it's
> uniqueness and excitement didn't hold as much water in our book.  If
> anything, from the rails perspective, EngineYard is a more
> interesting concept.  They've just unfortunately priced themselves
> out of the reach of smaller rails developers.  It's also been our
> experience that most Rails developers want more control over the
> actual box than a web GUI can give them.   Grid/Clustering is the
> wave of the future, particularly for rails apps, but I don't
> necessarily think the MT offering is quite ready for Rails prime-time
> yet.  Keep your eye on EngineYard and other companies that offer grid/
> clustering options (We're launching one in early '07) designed
> specifically for rails apps.  That's where the future will lead.
> --
>
> Jesse Proudman,  Blue Box Group, LLC
>
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> On Nov 30, 2006, at 5:13 PM, Tom Lianza wrote:
>
>> In case everyone else didn't see it... this came out today:
>> http://www.digg.com/software/The_Grid_is_Falling_The_Grid_is_Falling
>>
>> I also received an e-mail that they were giving me 2 free months of
>> service,
>> but it seems pretty clear that a lot of people are upset, and some
>> feel
>> cheated.  I feel like some degree of these sorts of problems are  
>> to be
>> expected from a new service, but complaints that they've mislead
>> people by
>> calling a cluster a "grid" have some validity.
>
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