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12-27-2006, 09:53 PM #26Web Hosting Master
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No, Cartika, you've missed the point entirely. The OP states that all pages are dynamic. This creates a huge server load, which is unacceptable for a shared hosting environment. Trust me.
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12-27-2006, 09:57 PM #27Location = SoapBox
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Hey Dan, sorry, I dont follow you. What is wrong with all pages being dynamic? We host hundreds of these sites - I do not see how this is unacceptable in a shared hosting environment. We have many customers hosting such sites in our shared environment - no issue what-so-ever - can you please elaborate?
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12-27-2006, 10:04 PM #28Web Hosting Master
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Dynamic sites use scripts for the backend. 8000 pageviews per day, viewing dynamically generated content, places a load that is too heavy for the server. I know you may be trying to pickup a new client (or maybe not, maybe you're genuinely speaking), but running a site like this on a shared platform is not desirable. Sure, it may work for a time, but why run the risk of being shutdown by your host? Again, I'm just a fan of doing things the right way - the first time around.
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12-27-2006, 10:13 PM #29Aspiring Evangelist
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Dan,
We (You, I and CartikaHosting) all know what a dynamic site is... But I dont see why you think that a shared host is an issue.
A server having say, 20 dynamic sites on it Vs. a server with 20 VPSs on it... I would rather NOT have the VPS as the VPS software generates load of its own. and for many customers is just something they do not need. VPSs have their place. But they are not needed for one dynamic site.
The OPs max of 13000 hits per day is not much to ask of a high end piece of hardware. I'm not sure where you are getting this idea.. but I see no reason not to put this on a shared server.Rock solid hosting and dedicated servers since 1998!
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12-27-2006, 10:13 PM #30Eternal Member
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Originally Posted by GlobalWebDan
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12-27-2006, 10:19 PM #31Web Hosting Master
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Cartika, I'm not going to argue, but I think you know very well what I'm talking about.
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12-27-2006, 10:20 PM #32Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by layer0Daniel B., CEO - Bezoka.com and Ungigs.com
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12-27-2006, 10:21 PM #33Disabled
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Originally Posted by extras
Feel free to post a link to that thread we had where you demonstrated your confusion over the differences between SAN, NFS and NAS. I still feel my conclusions about english being your second language are valid.
And for the record, we did not have to recover any servers. As soon as that script was prevented form running, the server functioned normally.
Also, please post a link to this "promise" that was supposedly made.
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12-27-2006, 10:24 PM #34Eternal Member
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Originally Posted by GlobalWebDan
8000 pageviews per day is NOTHING.
We have user [note: I am not trying to pick up a client, my signature is disabled, I am solely using this as an example - but feel free to presume as you like ] receiving 20-30,000 page views per day on a totally dynamic site. How much do they pay? $30/mo. The server they're sitting on right now is at our definition of "full";
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12-27-2006, 10:28 PM #35Aspiring Evangelist
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Dan,
I'm not sure I know what you are talking about. I have sold Dedicateds, Shared hosting and VPS of one form or another since the late '90s.
Always there have been dynamic sites. Whether they be perl or PHP or python or JAVA or, even on the odd occasion C. But I see nothing in the OPs post that would lead me to believe that a VPS or dedicated anything was needed.
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12-27-2006, 10:32 PM #36Web Hosting Master
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The OP states that all pages are dynamic. This creates a huge server load, which is unacceptable for a shared hosting environment. Trust me.
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12-27-2006, 10:50 PM #37Aspiring Evangelist
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CartikaHosting, I totally agree with you.
I don't think the op will last very long in an oversold server environment.
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Originally Posted by GlobalWebDanOriginally Posted by GlobalWebDan
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12-27-2006, 10:53 PM #38Web Hosting Master
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The plan you are referring to is actually $15 a month. Get your facts straight before posting in public places - it only serves to make you look stupid.
It has nothing to do with the pageviews. Rather, because dynamic content is generated, a load is placed on the server (specifically, the CPU).
This is my last post in this thread, as you cannot convince stubborn people to accept the facts and quit trying to recruit new customers. I remember now why I left WHT a year ago - it was folks like you.Daniel B., CEO - Bezoka.com and Ungigs.com
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12-27-2006, 11:02 PM #39New Member
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Wow -- thanks for all the responses.
Let me clarify what my site needs are, first of all. Jedito, I am indeed going to use Django, at least for a big chunk. And as to the load numbers, while all those pageviews will be executing some Python, at least 85% will be cache hits and won't even involve a database query.
I was planning to go with FastCGI. ewindisch, do you know if there are particular issues with using Django and FastCGI? It seems like a lot of people use it, & I as you say mod_python is tricky to set up in a shared environment. (& if I understand it correctly, mod_python embeds a whole python interpreter inside each Apache child process, which is presumably pretty RAM hungry and would run into limits on the usual 256MB VPS.)
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12-27-2006, 11:06 PM #40Eternal Member
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Originally Posted by GlobalWebDan
Furthermore, nobody here is trying to recruit customers, and I don't think anybody here appreciates your accusation either. Bottom line is that *you* need to get your facts straight.
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12-27-2006, 11:09 PM #41Aspiring Evangelist
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Originally Posted by GlobalWebDan
it only serves to make you look stupid.
It has nothing to do with the pageviews. Rather, because dynamic content is generated, a load is placed on the server (specifically, the CPU).
as you cannot convince stubborn people to accept the facts
and quit trying to recruit new customers.
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12-27-2006, 11:13 PM #42Aspiring Evangelist
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Dan,
8000 page views... Do you really think that 8000 views put a noticeable load on a newer server? It has been years since that amount of traffic would effect a decent server.
Unless you know something about the OPs site that was not mentioned by the OP then you are simply wrong. For any normal dynamicaly generated site, say a site based on Slashcode (which is notoriously heavy and cpu intensive), I would be happy to have 20 or 25 such sites on a single opteron server and the server load would be low (Under 1.0).
How much of a server do you think a site like this would consume...? Are you saying this based on a belief that this type of site would use up enough CPU to deserve its own server? I just dont see how you can be in the hosting business and believe that.Rock solid hosting and dedicated servers since 1998!
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12-27-2006, 11:15 PM #43Web Hosting Master
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ykrupnik the biggest problem that you may face is that Django to run with mod_python does require Apache 2, and there are not many companies running it, if I'm not run medialayer.com (sorry if I'm doing a mistake on the domain (the user representing that company is layer0 on this forum)) does run Apache 2 (Please correct me if I'm wrong), however, I don't know if they have mod_python installed..
I saw no problems running it with FastCGI on Apache 1.3.x at least none that our customers has reported, but my knowledge with the Django is very limited.
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12-27-2006, 11:16 PM #44Web Hosting Master
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Sorry People, can we stay on topic? Please do not turn this thread in another "overselling VS non-overselling"
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12-27-2006, 11:17 PM #45Web Hosting Master
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Ok, so I took a few minutes away and cooled down a bit. Sorry if I came across like an ***.
I prefer to be safe rather than sorry. If this was my site, I would go straight to a VPS over shared hosting. I'm just like that.
If I've offended anyone, I really am sorry. Just trying to present another side of the picture here. Hope you guys can see that.Daniel B., CEO - Bezoka.com and Ungigs.com
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12-27-2006, 11:24 PM #46Aspiring Evangelist
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ykrupnik,
Mod python works pretty much like mod_php It does start an interpreter. Several hosts target the python market. I cant remember one off the top of my head, but there are a few that post on this board.
I have not looked into running python in fastcgi mode. but if it is possible then most any host that is running mod_fastcgi for wither php or perl can easily add python to just your virtualhost without sucking the memory up for all of the apache children. (fastCGI runs the interpreter as a secondary outside binary)
I had a few python users and I honestly ducked out of it by starting another apache instance for those users with python but no php... This worked pretty well, so you may be able to talk to a smaller host that offers plans with really high quality support and have them do something like that. Its pretty easy but several control panels out there don't really like doing things that way. Any Hsphere host should be able to easily set it up.. cPanel to, but the host would need to manual build the domain configs as (unless this has recently changed) cPanel still builds everything into one long config file... and a second apache would need a differant config.Last edited by vantage255; 12-27-2006 at 11:35 PM.
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12-27-2006, 11:56 PM #47New Member
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To those who were asking how I went about searching: my starting point was the Django-friendly web hosts list on djangoproject.com, and I also did a bunch of Web searches on [host] review, [host] forum etc. to see what people were saying about particular companies. The complicated thing, as I'm sure you all know, is just how many web hosting companies, not even including resellers, there are out there.
It sure looks like many if not most of these companies will be gone in a few years' time -- at the prices I'm seeing, you must have to attract thousands of users just to pay salaries. So because I need to know the host will be around in the long run, I looked for companies with several years in business, running at least a few dozen web servers. I also looked to see that people seemed happy with them on forums, & looked for uptime statistics or maintenance logs. This is how I found pair several years ago, and I've been a happy customer, by which I mean I could just forget about them entirely and know that everything was fine.
Personally, I'd suggest trying DreamHost as it's cheap, you have not much to loose.
As to DreamHost, they certainly fulfill the track record and size requirements. But it's clear from Googling around that though they have tons of satisfied customers, there's also many who are clearly on servers with bad stability problems. And while there's a good chance they, or someone like them, would work out for me, I'd rather not have to roll the dice.
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12-28-2006, 12:06 AM #48Web Hosting Master
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ykrupnik, very well typed, and my hat is off to you for how you approach finding a host. It's too bad Pair cannot meet your needs for this site, as they are solid as you know. Keep looking using your requirements, and you will find the right host for the client.
It's amazing how many hosts miss this segment of the market entirely with how they approach sales and pricing their plans. They price themselves too low to be out of contention for the more serious business oriented clients. But that's good for those of us who "get it".
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12-28-2006, 12:10 AM #49New Member
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As to VPS, the general idea of another user's code not being able to affect my environment sounds good.
But I know enough from my own dev server to know that a production server is not an easy thing to get right, and needs a lot of regular upkeep. In the cases I've seen, "Managed VPS" usually seems to mean "we'll help you out when you ask for support, and we'll also take care of applying kernel patches." I want someone who'll monitor all vulnerability lists & patch all the system software, keep spam filtering effective -- basically allow me to not touch the server for two years & still have the site up and running.
My guess is that this kind of management is only cost-effective when you've got 100 servers running the exact same image. And presumably once you give everyone root, you can no longer have that.
But maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places -- any suggestions?
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12-28-2006, 12:13 AM #50Aspiring Evangelist
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ykrupnik ,
You may have better luck asking members on djangoproject.com about their experience with hosts. I am not familiar with django and there may not be a large group of hosts here that know it well. If you have found several choices based on information from theprojects site, that may be a good place to start. See if any of those hosts have been reviewed here. Webhostingtalk has a large number of well writen, honest reviews to search through. They are very handy for narrowing things down.Rock solid hosting and dedicated servers since 1998!
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