Ha! Well clearly I didn't understand your question correctly, but at any rate I am glad you are not talking about doing multiple/repeatable satchmo installations on Windows!
But please help me understand: if VPS isn't an option, what is the alternative you are proposing? It seems to me that a VPS is going to be the cheapest, lowest-maintenance option available. I can get a 256MB VPS from slicehost for $20/month. From there I can fire up an Ubuntu or Debian server and build out my environment using any of several techniques -- a custom DEB package, buildout, pip, etc. Once it's set up, there's really not much in the way of maintenance unless/until I want to upgrade to a new version of satchmo. Maybe things are different in China (?), but I just can't see a cheaper / easier way than VPS. --Stuart On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Giff Ransom <[email protected]> wrote: > The server in question is indeed a linux one. If you'd like I can > link to the host we are looking at, though you may need google > translate: > > http://www.8-host.net/kongjian/python/100m/ > > And here is the software they currently have on their python servers > (in addition to py25-MySQLdb, py25-django, py25-imaging, py25- > pysqlite, ImageMagick 6.3.x, GraphicsMagick 1.1.x): > > http://www.8-host.net/eggs/ > > The hosting company seems to be a little flexible on possibly > installing an app or two, but I gather asking them to install a whole > plethera of apps including an alpha of satchmo might be pushing things > a bit much. > > The business reason we aren't going with VPS, is that we are a new web > development company in a more remote city in China, seeking to help > the local community. Local businesses are not often willing to pay > the extra premium for VPS hosting, and even if they were, they > wouldn't be able to maintain the server themselves as easily - thus > forcing us to do more maintainance in the long run. It'd be much > easier if we could reliably get a satchmo app running on one of these > shared packages, and then be easily able to reporoduce the > functionality for each customer. > > Help me out here, guys - just telling me I have to have a VPS for each > customer is essentially saying that I have to switch our shop to PHP. > Trust me - I don't want to hear that. ;-) > > > > On Dec 7, 12:18 am, Stuart Laughlin <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sorry for the non-answer, but is linux an option at all here? Your problem >> would be much more easily addressed (if I understand your question >> correctly) with a custom debian package or a suse appliance or any one of a >> myriad other options. >> >> --Stuart > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Satchmo 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/satchmo-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo 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/satchmo-users?hl=en.
