Re: [Nolug] slicehost performance

Thank you, sir. Good info.

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Petri Laihonen <pietu@weblizards.net>wrote:

> You asked about the applications.....
> I forgot to include that.... Yes, that is part of the beauty.... I do
> have some processes which require command line programs to be used..... for
> example transcoding audio files on the fly....
>
> mass hosting systems do not allow you to install needed command line
> applications. For example coupe of applications I use madplay, and sox (via
> PHP exec()). There are few others, but I do not remember as of now what they
> were.
>
> Overall, command line is a must!
>
> Petri
>
>
>
> Petri Laihonen wrote:
>
>> For me, it seems like affordable way with benefits of the dedicated host.
>> I abandoned the mass hosting systems about 10 years ago and have had
>> since only dedicated hosts.... which I did recently migrate into one
>> server running 4 virtual machines....
>>
>> Now I have a possible project coming up which I don't want to set up a
>> new dedicated server, at least not yet.... and my existing server has
>> the 4 virtual machine resources locked down. (I don't want to shuffle
>> those anymore....)
>>
>> Feedback for Slicehost has been positive, and my googling about
>> slicehost + outage, etc.... did not return anything alarming. They've
>> had outages within the last 6 months, but the reason was with the
>> datacenter and they appeared communicating the information very quickly
>> and openly.
>>
>> Petri
>>
>> Jonathan Roberts wrote:
>>
>>> What draws you to this type of hosting instead of a traditional ISP? Is
>>> it something with the particular application you're deploying. Just
>>> curious..
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Petri Laihonen <pietu@weblizards.net<mailto:
>>> pietu@weblizards.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I assume someone on the list have experience with slicehost
>>> http://slicehost.com/
>>>
>>> While I'm thinking about getting couple of 1Gb slices,
>>> does anyone have any comments about their performance,
>>> reliability, etc?
>>> In other words, is it good enough to run business applications?.
>>>
>>> They seem to be very clear about the offerings and pricing etc.....
>>> (including the non-existent SLA)
>>>
>>> Petri
>>>
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