ben robison
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Can anyone tell me where to find it? Does it even exist?
I’ve been looking for a good Rails host recently, one that’s running Apache/Mongrel or something business class. Apache mod_ruby was a terrible at best, FastCGI was better at handling threads and serving content, but now that we’ve got a native Ruby solution, that seems the best way to go.
But it’s so expensive (at least for a personal blog). I’ve looked at MediaTemple, which looks like a great option, but the basic Ruby package is $20/month. In the days of cheap hosts that seems quite a high monthly price.
Then there’s HostingRails which has a basic Ruby package starting at $3.79/month, but if you want the Mongrel package, that’ll cost you $9.79/month. That’s obviously a better deal, but they claim to be RoR developers since 2005 and their website would suggest otherwise. It’s not too badly designed, but I typically expect a much better look from a Rails developer. It’s just not the kinda place that I feel like I could trust with my credit card number.
So have I missed something? What’s the cheapest Mongrel-running host I can find out there? Does HostMonster support Mongrel? I know Bluehost doesn’t. Does anybody have experience with lunarpages, MidPhase, or An? Please help me out in the comments below.
Despite the design of their page, HostingRails.com is actually great hosting and the cheapest way to get Mongrel or load-balanced Mongrel clustering going on a shared host. Feel free to contact me, Ben, and we can chat about it.
Ruby on Rails support on LunarPages servers is a disaster. Their staff has no idea what they are doing when it comes to RoR. Horrible!
HostingRails.com service is great.
And they changed the look of their web site
Wow. That new site does look nice. Looking through the feature set, it looks on par with a BlueHost or Hostmonster. Less expensive too. I’ll take back my earlier comments and maybe take another look.