How much do you want to spend? If you have $69 a month or so, get your own dedicated server (try to find one that is not solely using bandwidth from Cogent). If you want to pay less, go to webhostingtalk.com and look over the VPS Offers section.
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#12I'm not affiliated with them (I do have a $10/month account there), but http://www.medialayer.com/ has been excellent and incredibly fast for shared hosting. They run the Litespeed web server with PHP5, eAccelerator, and Zend Optimizer. The only downside is the price: you don't get much bandwidth, but this can be had as a good thing since it means they don't oversell. My blog [link redacted] is running on it, but it's new so there's not many posts. SliceHost is great if you know how to manage a server -- $20 a month with full access.
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#13peer1, rackspace, serverpath, ev1, dreamhost, joyent, amazon s3/ec2 -- hosting comes in various flavors and at various prices.
check out the forums at webhosting talk: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/
My recommendation would be to start with the cheapest & most flexible option that fits your requirements, get your feet wet and then move up the chain.
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#14If you are looking for Java hosting then www.kgbinternet.com is excellent. I used to pay close to $15 before the CAD (Canadian dollar) got stronger. Still, they are much cheaper and better than other hosting services.
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#15Joyent Accelerators ( http://www.joyent.com ) are flexible, and they're the "official" Ruby on Rails host. They also happen to offer the best control panel (Virtualmin, of course). The only negative might be that Accelerators are Solaris systems--I don't have any complaints about that, but if you're accustomed to Linux, it might be a bit of a learning curve. Slicehost ( http://www.slicehost.com ) has a good reputatio…
> Joyent Accelerators ( http://www.joyent.com ) are flexible, and they're the "official" Ruby on Rails host.
WTF? "Official" Ruby on Rails host?
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#16Joyent Accelerators ( http://www.joyent.com ) are flexible, and they're the "official" Ruby on Rails host. They also happen to offer the best control panel (Virtualmin, of course). The only negative might be that Accelerators are Solaris systems--I don't have any complaints about that, but if you're accustomed to Linux, it might be a bit of a learning curve. Slicehost ( http://www.slicehost.com ) has a good reputatio…
> Joyent Accelerators ( http://www.joyent.com ) are flexible, and they're the "official" Ruby on Rails host. WTF? "Official" Ruby on Rails host?
From RubyOnRails.org, at the bottom of the front page:
"If you need hosting, Joyent is the official Ruby on Rails host, offering fantastic plans with a knowledgeable staff. Whether you need shared or dedicated hosting, these guys are experts in Ruby on Rails. For alternatives, see the wiki for a full list of Rails web hosts."
Not sure how much more obvious, or less of a WTF, that could possibly be.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Joyent Accelerators ( http://www.joyent.com ) are flexible, and they're the "official" Ruby on Rails host. WTF? "Official" Ruby on Rails host?
From RubyOnRails.org, at the bottom of the front page: "If you need hosting, Joyent is the official Ruby on Rails host, offering fantastic plans with a knowledgeable staff. Whether you need shared or dedicated hosting, these guys are experts in Ruby on Rails. For alternatives, see the wiki for a full list of Rails web hosts." Not sure how much more obvious, or less of a WTF, that could possibly be.
Wow. Well, TextDrive sure had a short reign.
Thanks for the pointer.
But the idea of an "official" Rails host still deserves a WTF.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
From RubyOnRails.org, at the bottom of the front page: "If you need hosting, Joyent is the official Ruby on Rails host, offering fantastic plans with a knowledgeable staff. Whether you need shared or dedicated hosting, these guys are experts in Ruby on Rails. For alternatives, see the wiki for a full list of Rails web hosts." Not sure how much more obvious, or less of a WTF, that could possibly be.
Wow. Well, TextDrive sure had a short reign. Thanks for the pointer. But the idea of an "official" Rails host still deserves a WTF.
TextDrive == Joyent. They were acquired a couple of years ago (or more). The founders of TextDrive are still involved, as far as I know (we still deal with the same folks we always have, though there's a new tech or two that we talk to).