[Web4lib] Re: Drupal Hosting

[Blake Carver]

Good question, unfortunatly I've never looked at any commercial alternatives.

Maybe Cary Gordon over at The Cherry Hill Company has explored those options?


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Blake Carver
LISHost.org
Web Hosting For Librarians
http://www.lishost.org

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Jorge Biquez <jbiquez at icsmx.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Just curious.... and what would be your advise for alternatives to
> CMS systems like Drupal but commercial ones? Do you recommend any of
> them if they are not TOO expensive?
>
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> JB
>
>
> At 05:24 a.m. 27/03/2008, Blake Carver wrote:
> >David has some really good points, though assuming you're on a decent
> >server the load issues shouldn't come up most days. It takes quite a
> >busy site (at least 50,000 pages, 200,000 hits a day) to really make a
> >noticeable difference on a mid sized server from what I've seen. So
> >unless you have a really busy site I don't think you need to worry
> >about too much traffic. There are of course a million other variables
> >to can cause troubles...
> >
> >Like the spammers. Drupal, Wordpress, etc. attract them like you
> >wouldn't believe. Running things like mod_security on the server and
> >all the plugins/modules available help quite a bit. At least you won't
> >see the comments show up, but I see huge load spikes beacause of bots
> >that attempt to leave thousands of comments all at once.
> >
> >--------------
> >Blake Carver
> >LISHost.org
> >Web Hosting For Librarians
> >http://www.lishost.org
> >
> >On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Cloutman, David
> ><DCloutman at co.marin.ca.us> wrote:
> > > Without knowing anything about your organization, and the amount of
> > > traffic you get, I think it isn't really possible to give great advice
> > > for you. You need to figure our what kind of hosting is appropriate for
> > > you, as there are different options with different costs and benefits.
> > >
> > > The amount of traffic you'll get I think is a big consideration in
> > > choosing a solution. If you're considering shared hosting, you should
> > > think it through before making a committment. Running a CMS like Drupal
> > > may create some scalability issues when you move your site from beta
> > > testing to actual usage. In a shared environment, you are really at the
> > > mercy of the hosting company, and you can only hope that they haven't
> > > put you on a machine that isn't alreay over utilized. A CMS powered site
> > > is going to require larger amounts of computing power than a flat HTML
> > > site. So really, you need to make some guess as to both the amount of
> > > traffic you'll be getting and the computing demands of the functionality
> > > you'll be offering through your Drupal-based solution. Then you can make
> > > an initial decision about whether you need dedicated hosting, or if a
> > > shared solution a good fit.
> > >
> > > - David
> > >
> > > ---
> > > David Cloutman <dcloutman at co.marin.ca.us>
> > > Electronic Services Librarian
> > > Marin County Free Library
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