I am working on my first Drupal project on XAMPP in my MacBook. It's a prototype and receives positive feedback from my client. I am going to deploy the project on a Linux VPS two weeks later. Is there a better way than 're-do'ing everything on the server from scratch? install Drupal download modules (CCK, Views, Date, Calendar) creat...
I would like to know if it is possible using IIS and ASP.NET (and ideally something that might be employed on a shared hosting account, but this isn't required) to mimic WordPress.com's ability to allow end users to use their own domain names. WordPress has users who own their own domains change the domain's DNS settings to point to Wor...
I was thinking about different scalability features, and suddenly understand that I don't really know how much can handle one server (VPS). The question for them who have loaded projects. Imagine server with: 1 Gb Ram 1 Xeon CPU CentOS LAMP with FastCGI PostgreSQL on the same machine And we need to calculate count of request, so I d...
How do I allow users to map their domains to a url on my site? (like how tumblr or blogger does) The app is being developed in Django. I want the users to be able to map their domains to mydomain.com/username (is this possible or do I need to have a format like username.mydomain.com?) Also my app runs on a VPS so I have my nameservers ...
Hi, I'm developing a project, and I'm debating if I should get plain old regular hosting, or something more expensive, like VPS. Here are my needs: Zend Framework Sphinx Search jQuery ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick/GD PHP 5 + MySQL At what point do I need VPS? I'd rather obviously to pick the cheapest option.. Thanks. ...
How do I setup a linode to run FreeBSD? There is an example for NetBSD and references to successful attempts at getting FreeBSD to run but no actual document I can find. ...
I am looking to produce a site similar to a venue "What's on" site. The plan is that the venues can register an account to the site and then through their own 'admin' section upload/post all their latest events that are on. I am hoping that very large number of venues will sign up and each have a large number of events thus producing a ...
Hello, I have designed an ecommerce software suite that I am going to be hosting for multiple sites (20-50) on a single Virtual Dedicated Server. (64-Bit, machine that has 960 MB of RAM) Each site has its own database. I plan to install SQL Server 2008 however I am not sure which version is best. I would like to start with the free expr...
I have a couple of websites in a couple of VPS. Obviously is not in my network because I hire a VPS provider. Now, what do you say is better practice. Use FTP to upload new versions of my software or NFS/SMB ? I think these 2 are my only posibilities. Thanks. ...
I have never created a high traffic site so I have no idea what the best long term plan is. There is no room for a dedicated server in the budget. I'm currently using VPS hosting for my current site. I was going to stick with VPS and migrate grails. I looked at Django and python hosting plans (which look cheaper than VPS plans) from fatc...
I work on Ubuntu developing a Rails app for my church. We use a hosted VPS also on Ubuntu. I use Capistrano to deploy periodic updates. Inevitably, however, an app that works on my local box, always has a handful of problems after deploying to the host, most likely because the environments differ. What are some practices/techniques t...
I have a virtual private server running ubuntu, and I'm just curious (and expecting a solid "no" answer) if it's possible to install a desktop environment and remotely log into it. My only access right now is via shell. I know, total noob question. ...
I am doing some experimentation with VPS before moving my application from private Tomcat hosting to cloud. It is a read intensive app built on Struts 2 + Spring + Hibernate + MySql. Its a moderately popular app in India with 1500 visitors and 10,000 pageviews per day. I have some basic questions about choosing a server configuration. 1...
My VPS provider gives me the choice between KVM and OpenVZ. What is the best choice for a VPS with 128MB or 256MB RAM? ...
I am thinking of getting a $20/month VPS Ubuntu box with Slicehost.com or linode.com and running asp.net MVC on mono. Has anyone done this? I have successfully configured asp.net MVC with Apache on my local ubuntu box but I just am not sure how stable this would be? I really like the idea of root access VPS plus being able to run asp.net...
Using ASP.NET and Windows Stack. Purpose: Ive got a website that takes in over 1GB of data about every 6 months. So as you can tell my database can become huge. Problem: Most hosting providers only offer Databases in 1GB increments. This means that every time I go over another 1GB, I will need to create another Database. I have absolu...
Hello, At my company we are looking at hosting a blog and a CMS . We are still in the process of building the product and havent made it live yet. We are looking at some hosting options. We need to have complete root shell access to the system .So, i have the following two questions. 1.) Should we go for Amazon EC2 or VPS, considering ...
I'm looking into VPS for LAMP and wanted to see if any of you have an opinion to help me decide between Linode and Slicehost? Pro, Cons and overall opinion will be much appreciated. ...
I have a VPS with Windows Server 2008 R2, 1 GB RAM with Dual Processor Quad Core 2 CORES. My sample application is running slower than my current website on shared hosting, when I asked the reason the says following reason. "SQL Server Express tends to be slower compared to SQL Server Web edition. This is due to the limitations imposed...
Hello all im developer with no experience in setup and configurations of the server side and all the things around my question is is there any good place to learn how to setup this env with all the configurations. what should i look for from what to avoid and such . ...