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As a Ghost self-hoster, I can confirm I don't require the use of any database for "$15 on Lightsail with periodic backups". Depending on your requirement you c

by Jiocus 6y ago

As a Ghost self-hoster, I can confirm I don't require the use of any database for "$15 on Lightsail with periodic backups". Depending on your requirement you can use any instance of MySQL/MariaDB - managed or self-managed. You could run a separate $5 MariaDB DigitalOcean droplet. Ghost Foundation provides their 1-click Ghost droplet bundled with MySQL, but you're not restricted to it. And yes, SQLite is also an option. Suggesting a "need" to run fault-tolerant database operations doesn't quite concile with running it in RAM only.

ignoramous 6y ago
> I can confirm I don't require the use of any database for "$15 on Lightsail with periodic backups". Yep and then you'd be subject to what they call https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_point_of_failure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_point_of_failure. > Suggesting a "need" to run fault-tolerant database operations doesn't quite concile with running it in RAM only. The wisdom is: You don't need a database at all to avoid SPOF. Use static pages and let Netlify and others cache them in their CDNs world-wide ("RAM"). > Ghost Foundation provides their 1-click Ghost droplet bundled with MySQL. And how much does that cost?
- selykg 6y ago
  > Yep and then you'd be subject to what they call https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_point_of_failure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_point_of_failure. It's a blog, not a mission critical site. I suspect MOST blogs get so few views that it really isn't a huge deal. If you have the need for more stability and availability, then paying extra isn't a huge deal.
  - ignoramous 6y ago
    > If you have the need for more stability and availability, then paying extra isn't a huge deal. There, that was my point: One could pay exactly somewhere in the region of $0 to Netlify and still have that.
    - selykg 6y ago
      I see you're one of those people that base everything on price and not on other things. Got it.
      - ignoramous 6y ago
        You'd do better to take arguments at their merits than resort to ad hominem attacks. To your point: Yes, Ghost is much more than Hugo / Jekyll will ever be, but then again, most people aren't building a News site to actually want the features Ghost has to offer. I mean, there's absolutely a market for software like Ghost and WordPress (or they wouldn't exist, especially in WordPress' case they absolutely dominate that market), but if you're the kind to run Ghost with SQLite then may be you should instead give static site generators a look.

by Jiocus 6y ago

ignoramous 6y ago

> I can confirm I don't require the use of any database for "$15 on Lightsail with periodic backups". Yep and then you'd be subject to what they call https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_point_of_failure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_point_of_failure. > Suggesting a "need" to run fault-tolerant database operations doesn't quite concile with running it in RAM only. The wisdom is: You don't need a database at all to avoid SPOF. Use static pages and let Netlify and others cache them in their CDNs world-wide ("RAM"). > Ghost Foundation provides their 1-click Ghost droplet bundled with MySQL. And how much does that cost?

selykg 6y ago
> Yep and then you'd be subject to what they call https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_point_of_failure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_point_of_failure. It's a blog, not a mission critical site. I suspect MOST blogs get so few views that it really isn't a huge deal. If you have the need for more stability and availability, then paying extra isn't a huge deal.
- ignoramous 6y ago
  > If you have the need for more stability and availability, then paying extra isn't a huge deal. There, that was my point: One could pay exactly somewhere in the region of $0 to Netlify and still have that.
  - selykg 6y ago
    I see you're one of those people that base everything on price and not on other things. Got it.
    - ignoramous 6y ago
      You'd do better to take arguments at their merits than resort to ad hominem attacks. To your point: Yes, Ghost is much more than Hugo / Jekyll will ever be, but then again, most people aren't building a News site to actually want the features Ghost has to offer. I mean, there's absolutely a market for software like Ghost and WordPress (or they wouldn't exist, especially in WordPress' case they absolutely dominate that market), but if you're the kind to run Ghost with SQLite then may be you should instead give static site generators a look.