On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Christopher Wilson <gwsuper...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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. > > As long as you're getting the performance you need from your wiki I wouldn't see any reason to worry. What we're talking about here is truly shared hosting, where you've got maybe FTP access and a single mysql database at your disposal. -Chad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
