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That's got some really good information. Most important to me is that it does confirm my fears of flaky IO performance. He does point out some ways to tune it b

That's got some really good information. Most important to me is that it does confirm my fears of flaky IO performance. He does point out some ways to tune it but it still seems like a rough experience. These cloud services seem great for low IO apps but once you have to hit the database hard it seems like anyone's guess if your db will perform.

bretthoerner 17y ago
That's why I'm a big fan of Rackspace. You can get bare metal servers for heavy I/O and simultaneously have "Cloud" servers on the same local network (example: Github).
- modoc 17y ago
  FWIW: SoftLayer offers the same combo of dedicated servers and cloud offerings, and I prefer their turn around time, support, and pricing to RS.
- MichaelApproved 17y ago
  That sounds like a good mix. I'll explore that option some more.
- mrkurt 17y ago
  Are you actually using this sort of service from them? When I talked to them about 2 months ago, we couldn't get anything like that since their "cloud" stuff is in a datacenter you can't currently buy dedicated servers in. In theory, they're opening another next year that may solve the problem. It's hard to tell, though, since their sales people don't seem to have any experience selling a hybrid setup. My understanding is that Github virtualizes things themselves, they're not running Rackspace cloud servers.
- z8000 17y ago
  Anyone have any experience with NewServers? They offer dedicated server provisioning in about 5 minutes. On paper they look great but I have not found much commentary about their product anywhere.
  - vbuser 17y ago
    I've been hosting with them for five years (last two @ newservers). Their support is great and they even helped installing my scripts. I ordered 7 differents servers since the beginning to create farms and their load balancing mechanism is also very cool. Cheap and quality service. I'm a non-US customer, my site is a top 100 site in my country.
  - vbuser 17y ago
    Murat SARIKAYA http://www.msxlabs.org http://www.msxlabs.org

bretthoerner 17y ago

That's why I'm a big fan of Rackspace. You can get bare metal servers for heavy I/O and simultaneously have "Cloud" servers on the same local network (example: Github).

modoc 17y ago
FWIW: SoftLayer offers the same combo of dedicated servers and cloud offerings, and I prefer their turn around time, support, and pricing to RS.
MichaelApproved 17y ago
That sounds like a good mix. I'll explore that option some more.
mrkurt 17y ago
Are you actually using this sort of service from them? When I talked to them about 2 months ago, we couldn't get anything like that since their "cloud" stuff is in a datacenter you can't currently buy dedicated servers in. In theory, they're opening another next year that may solve the problem. It's hard to tell, though, since their sales people don't seem to have any experience selling a hybrid setup. My understanding is that Github virtualizes things themselves, they're not running Rackspace cloud servers.
z8000 17y ago
Anyone have any experience with NewServers? They offer dedicated server provisioning in about 5 minutes. On paper they look great but I have not found much commentary about their product anywhere.
- vbuser 17y ago
  I've been hosting with them for five years (last two @ newservers). Their support is great and they even helped installing my scripts. I ordered 7 differents servers since the beginning to create farms and their load balancing mechanism is also very cool. Cheap and quality service. I'm a non-US customer, my site is a top 100 site in my country.
- vbuser 17y ago
  Murat SARIKAYA http://www.msxlabs.org http://www.msxlabs.org