I have not tried slicehost. memorywise it is on the low side but the management interface is very intuitive. You can scale up the number of server by moving a slider. You have to setup your own load balancer but they have an howto. The vps are preconfigured to share a folder (so I am told, did not check), and perform regular backups (daily, weekly, monthly).
So far the easiest thing I ever had to setup. It was literally as easy as click a few buttons, wget setup-web2py-ubuntu.sh and run it. On Feb 15, 9:26 am, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: > I would say a negligible difference. > > How does vps.net compare to slicehost.com ? > > -Thadeus > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 8:46 AM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > I just tried this. I have to say vps.net is much easier to use than > > amazon. They seem to be a little sloppy on security (amazon gave me no > > pem file, vps emailed back to the very same password I used to > > register). Here it is for a test: > > >http://68.169.39.35/book > > > Hos fast/slow is it? > > > Massimo > > > On Feb 13, 6:26 pm, villas <villa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Massimo, > >> When I tried EC2 it was very time-consuming and the backups were > >> difficult and I was just wasting time. > > >> In the end I saved my sanity with vps.net which (for $20 per month) > >> takes your Ubuntu script about 5 mins to set up. There's a really good > >> backup service available by ticking a box for $5 per month extra. IMO > >> it's a no-brainer. And, as there's 256MB you'll be able to run 6 > >> instances of Web2py (if the 40Mb in the other thread is right)! > > >> I'm sure other vps providers are also excellent, I just chose that > >> one because they offer Europe as well as US and it's a good service. > >> Give yourself a break and leave the EC2 infrastructure for the global > >> mega-corporations! > > >> --David > > >> On Feb 12, 4:47 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > >> > I am not suing any of the advanced features like load balancing. I > >> > have an Instance with EBS storage. I do not completely understand the > >> > backup process. I hope that making a snapshot of the storage results > >> > in data backup. Not clear to me how to recover from one the snapshots. > > >> > On Feb 12, 10:42 am,villas<villa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > On Feb 12, 4:01 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > >> > > > hmmm that costs more money. > > >> > > Well, people moving to Amazon aren't going there to save any money, > >> > > that's for sure. The main thing you are paying for is the massive > >> > > global up-scaling you can instantly turn on. Must have geared up for > >> > > some big spikes on accessing that lovely new online book :-) D > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "web2py-users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > 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 web...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
