On Mar 2, 2009, at 6:51 PM, James Bennett wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Wiiboy <jordon...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm with a shared hosting company called Lunarpages. They tell me >> Django, by itself, even with Fast CGI, because it is a framework, is >> too resource intensive for them to allow. But many other shared >> hosting providers allow Django. So, how do those who do allow it >> allow users to use it without bogging down the servers? > > Your typical low-cost shared host has two goals: > > 1. Buy the least expensive servers they can get their hands on. > 2. Cram absolutely as many websites onto those servers as possible > without physically melting the hardware. I did hosting in a former life and saw this all too often. It was usually coupled with technical incompetence so anything outside of what Cpanel/WHM supports won't be offered en-masse. This is like RoR hosting: you want to go with a hosting company that specializes in Django hosting and runs Django apps themselves instead of one that can only check a box in WHM and click the save button. These are the companies that have taken the time to understand how it works and what the requirements are and have safeguards against excessive resource usage. > A successful operation eventually resembles the Tokyo subway system, > where special employees are hired solely to try to shove as many > people as they can into the limited space available. Man, I wish I would have thought of that analogy a few years ago :-) > Getting there means that anything much more complicated than a CGI > script or a bit of PHP will be declared off-limits, especially if it's > something they're not familiar with; any RAM or CPU you use interferes > with their ability to do what they're trying to do, so they'll > probably tell you to go elsewhere. > > -- > "Bureaucrat Conrad, you are technically correct -- the best kind of > correct." -- Chris Scott http://iamzed.com/ http://hailtheale.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
