On Feb 28, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Kevin Bowling wrote: > Linode is faster and more friendly. They aren't owned by a big > conglomerate like rackspace so you will get personal support and they > will take a vested interest in keeping the web2py site up. You should > consider emailing them, they may even give you a free instance if you > recommend Linode for web2py deployment.
If you do move to slicehost, at the very least ask for a mention of web2py along with Django: http://www.slicehost.com/our-servers/ > > On Feb 28, 8:43 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: >> I followed your advice and for now I a message. >> I could move to slice host but not today. I will try later tonight or >> tomorrow. >> I just landed from India and still need some time to shower, unpack, >> rest. >> >> Massimo >> >> On Feb 28, 9:18 am, "mr.freeze" <nat...@freezable.com> wrote: >> >>> +1 for slicehost and +1 for putting a message on web2py.com. Something >>> like: "We've been growing! As a result, we have had to move this site >>> to another host. Please excuse any recent downtime." >> >>> On Feb 28, 9:03 am, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: >> >>>> Massimo, you should consider moving to slicehost, I have been running >>>> 3 separate slicehost servers for web2py, none of them have ever been >>>> down since I purchased the services. >> >>>> Alternatively, if you want cloud hosting, rackspace provides excellent >>>> cloud servers in the same datacenters as slicehost. >> >>>> I agree, the issue has been with DNS and the hosting provider, there >>>> was not much that anyone else could have done other than stick it on >>>> another VPS temporarily. >> >>>> I also suggest adding a note explaining this situation at the top of >>>> web2py.com and web2py.com/book in big red letters with a grey >>>> background... at least the trolls will have to find something "else" >>>> to complain about. >> >>>> -Thadeus >> >>>> On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 8:59 AM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: >>>>> You are right. We may need a community solution. >> >>>>> I could give root privileges to a couple of people on this list >>>>> although the problem is never with the server itself. We have had >>>>> problems with the DNS when we migrated and we have had problems with >>>>> the hosting provider. In all of these cases there was nothing I could >>>>> do and giving access to other people would not have solved the >>>>> problem. >> >>>>> Massimo >> >>>>> On Feb 28, 8:43 am, Mengu <whalb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> trolls are everywhere and yes, this is unfair because this is not >>>>>> web2py's fault. however web2py.com being down for hours? this is not >>>>>> fair too. i remember someone suggesting the community should also run >>>>>> the web site. i suggest instead of the community you can also share >>>>>> the information with one or two of the most active contributors so >>>>>> when you are not around they fix the issues. >> >>>>>> On 28 Şubat, 14:48, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: >> >>>>>>> http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/b792t/why_is_web2pycom_often_... >> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. > -- 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.
