Hi, If I wouldn't have a dedicated server, I would choose a hosting service, where I can deploy the (mostly) exact project as I do on my own server. This for the reason of portability and because of avoiding the learning curve..
You could have a look at [1]. These days there are lots of provider like Dotcloud. Ken inspired me with his blog [2] and in fact I am deploying a new small project to Dotcloud. [1] https://www.dotcloud.com/ [2] http://kencochrane.net/blog/2011/04/deploying-my-django-application-to-dotcloud/ Regards, Philip On Aug 8, 7:23 pm, francescortiz <francescor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have dedicated server sites and django hosting sites. Personally, I > prefer that someone else takes care of the server and focus myself on > development. So, unless you need to use a lot of resources for some > reason, dedicated django hostings are ok to me. > > About google apps, I never used it. > > Regards, > > Francesc > > On Aug 5, 1:48 pm, Herman Schistad <herman.schis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello. > > > I'm developing a site with approx. 500 visits per day, mainly from > > Norway (Europe). > > > Now I'm trying to find the best possible way to host this site. > > Earlier I've used dedicated hosts like WebFaction and Djangoeurope, > > and this has worked pretty well. > > However Google AppEnginge is free and provides a really reliable > > server (as far as I can tell). But I'm no expert on this matter and > > therefore come to you guys. > > > What is the tradeoff between using Google AppEngine (with > > django-nonrel [1]), learning this, and writing my application for the > > Google datastore versus using a traditional host. > > Are there any big challanges by using AppEngine? > > > A third alternative would to maybe invest in e.g. dedicated virtual > > machine at MediaTemple[2] or something. > > > So what it all boils down to: which is your preffered hosting method, > > and why/why not? > > - Google AppEngine > > - Dedicated django hosting (e.g. WebFaction[3]) > > - Virtual server/dedicated server (e.g. MediaTemple) > > > tl;dr: pros/cons with Google AppEngine, and which hosting method is > > your preferred method? > > > [1]:http://code.google.com/appengine/articles/django.html > > [2]:http://mediatemple.net/webhosting/dv/ > > [3]:http://www.webfaction.com/ > > > -- > > With regards, Herman Schistad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.