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Re: Ask HN: Where do you host your webapp?

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carbocation wrote: post #58
pizzaman wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linode doesn't say how much CPU you get, where other hosts (like vps.net) tell you. Isn't that an important info?

From http://www.linode.com/faq.cfm#how-do-i-get-my-fair-share-of-... , they state that you get access to the full CPU of the box (if idle/best case), or access to your fair share of the CPU (if fully loaded/worst case). For the smallest plans this could mean 1/40th the overall CPU if under load. They only put accounts of the same size on each machine.

yeah i saw that, but still. how much is my minimum share? i scanned their site and couldn't find any hardware info, perhaps i'm missing it - maybe it's not really that important since i get to use more than the minimum if the CPU isn't maxed out.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you host your webapp?

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Post by antidaily »

meroliph wrote: post #49

If it really needs to scale: AWS EC2 For DNS: Dnsmadeeasy. For low latency content delivery: Akamai For dirt cheap makeshift content delivery: several servers from 478east For servers that need lots of RAM(>24GB) on the cheap: webnx

If we're recommending DNS, let me suggest Nettica.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you host your webapp?

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Post by artlogic »

ohashi wrote: post #32

I use LiquidWeb, expensive... but I am a server management noob and they are quite excellent.

They are very expensive compared to most other services. I was going to host with them, since I live in Lansing and am acquainted with the owner, but Linode is much cheaper (for VPS) and I found the support to be nearly as good. If you're hosting on Linux you may want to consider taking a look at Linode.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you host your webapp?

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Post by antidaily »

kajecounterhack wrote: post #38

Rackspace Cloud -- Is it true that it's overpriced? I'm really happy with it and I don't use many resources ($11/month right now, maybe) people have been telling me that it's actually really expensive when you're running something real though. Hrm, I'm considering a linode since everyone's seems so satisfied with them

Same here. Only complaint is a significant spike in attacks. Which may or may not have anything to do with them, but started right after we switched from ServerBeach.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you host your webapp?

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Post by andrewvc »

jasonkester wrote: post #43
paolomaffei wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

except when you DSL line goes down.

In two years of self-hosting, we had a few minor downtime instances, but nothing to do with the DSL: http://expatsoftware.com/articles/2007/08/redundant-is-never... You run the same risks hosting at home as you do in a datacenter. Things can go down and it's your job to put them back up. There's no greater chance of the ISP cutting off a Business DSL line that happens to point to a residence than to a business downto…

Depends on where you live, but your house doesn't have redundant connections and service contracts to fix them ASAP.

Your home net connection may be reliable, now, but if something bad happens it could be down for days, not hours.

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