[Ruby] MediaTemple GridServer Experiences?

[Benjamin Curtis]

I haven't fired up the RoR container yet, but I got an MT account  
last week to handle traffic spikes (those myspace kiddies can do some  
damage), and I've been very happy with their service and support.

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On Oct 30, 2006, at 12:58 PM, Michael Judge wrote:

>> You'll be hurting with only 64 MB RAM (if I understand their promo
>> page correctly).
>
> I agree, with 64MB I'd only have one process running.   The package I
> was actually considering was the 1GB one for $75/month.  I could run
> at least a dozen processes with that.
>
>>> On Geoffrey's recommendation I'm using Rimu as well (although
>>> dedicated)...
>>> their support kicks ass.  Beware though - their default Sarge box
>>> is a
>>> frigging nightmare - they're running Sarge with a RedHat boot
>>> loader or some
>>> such nonsense - so, if you go dedicated ask for Ubuntu to start
>>> off with
>>> (this is from my Linux guy ... I'm obviously not the linux admin
>>> on this).
>
>> I started off with Rimuhosting at 128 MB for about
>> $25/month. It has been super reliable and I just installed Apache2
>> + Mongrel this weekend.
>
>> Several other companies also have grid computing plans (Amazon EC2,
>> EngineYard.com).
>
> Thanks for the tips.  I'll check out Rimuhosting, Amazon EC2, and
> EngineYard later today.
>
> I think another thing that was appealing about MediaTemple's package
> was that they managed the servers.  I occasionally get burst traffic,
> so I feel I need a dedicated server.  But I really hate applying
> patches and getting an unmanaged server up (for example, turning on
> sendmail and ftp, worrying about breaking cPanel by installing
> mod_fastcgi, etc.)  It would be nice for the server to work out-of-
> the-box for once.
>
> By the way, Geoffrey, I saw your talk on Graphing with Gruff at
> Canada on Rails.  It was one of the better talks of the conference
> and I got a lot out of it.
>
> - Mike
>
>
> On Oct 30, 2006, at 11:56 AM, Geoffrey Grosenbach wrote:
>
>> On Oct 30, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Michael Judge wrote:
>>> Speaking of rails hosting, I'm paying a bloody fortune for dedicated
>>> servers.  Recently, I read about MediaTemple's GridServer hosting
>>> package* and am seriously considering switching.  I'm a worrier
>>> though.  Have any of you tried it?
>>
>> You'll be hurting with only 64 MB RAM (if I understand their promo
>> page correctly). I started off with Rimuhosting at 128 MB for about
>> $25/month, which is the minimum I would run a Rails site on. (See
>> http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2006/07/
>> rails_full_stack_memory_usage.html ). It has been super reliable and
>> I just installed Apache2 + Mongrel this weekend.
>>
>> Several other companies also have grid computing plans (Amazon EC2,
>> EngineYard.com).
>>
>> Geoff
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