I'm usually just an observer on these lists, but I'll weigh in as a user who runs MediaWiki on a shared host. The host *is* a VPS, but our wiki is used by the environmental department of a large international non-profit. As such it lives on the "enviro" server along with some WordPress sites and other minor things.
If we have to give the wiki its own dedicated VPS, it will likely not survive, or we will move to another platform. I see some REALLY low costs for VPSes being tossed around here, but honestly, we'd probably be looking at a minimum of $50/month to give the site its own dedicated VPS. I realize that in the grand scheme of things, that's not a huge cost, but at that point, management will probably insist on making the site pay for itself rather than the current situation of letting it exist on shared resources. -Chris On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Brion Vibber <bvib...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Mark A. Hershberger <m...@nichework.com > >wrote: > > > Again, I think the best route to go here is to try and gather some real > > data from the users of MediaWiki instead of trying to come to a decision > > on a mailing list that is populated mostly with developers. > > > > Seems you've volunteered for the job! Please let us know when you have some > data to share with the rest of the group. > > In the meantime, please don't tell people that they can't share their > professional opinions and experiences with the limitations and problems of > old-fashioned shared hosting and the promises of modern VPS-based hosting. > That's valuable input, too. > > -- brion > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
