So it sounds like the best three options are (in no particular order): 1. Remain with Webfaction. 2. Move to Slicehost. 3. Move to a colocated server.
Obviously this is something that will require discussion with my client, but I'm perfectly capable of managing a colocated server, so the main issue is finding the right balance of cost and performance. Webfaction would clearly be the easiest option. Basically zero setup is required, we'd just need to figure out the best configuration to use. From the sound of things Webfaction's shared hosting should be perfectly capable of meeting our needs (multiple apache instances serving multiple, potentially high traffic sites). Slicehost also sounds like a pretty awesome option. The more I've been reading about them, the more I like the idea of using them. Again, I have no issue with setting up and maintaining everything myself, so the value of getting a slice from Slicehost seems pretty high, especially as it will give me the opportunity to have different slices running on different physical servers to help maintain greater reliability. Most likely only 256 slices would be necessary as well, which probably leads to some of the lowest cost for scaling the site of any of the hosts. Colocation is obviously the most expensive option. Not only will I have to maintain everything myself, but the cost of spreading the site across multiple physical machines will be significantly higher than with the other options. On the other hand, you really do get what you pay for, and with colocation there's pretty much no limit to the options on how to configure the server(s). I've never dealt with colocation before though, so I really have no idea where to start on that one. I'd prefer to run FreeBSD, though Linux would be acceptable as well (ideally Gentoo). Does anyone have any recommendations? I do wish it was easier to get Django running on MediaTemple. I'll probably give it one more go, as it really shouldn't be as hard as it seems and I'm not exactly a novice at this sort of thing... If I can get that working, a (dv) or several would definitely be one pretty easy way of getting the results that we want. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
