[Web4lib] Re: Drupal Hosting

[Chris Barr]

I would suggest Mediatemple as a top pick for a hosting company. I won't 
post a list of accolades for them, but I feel that they offer smart 
packages and have a good reputation with some high-profile clients. We 
used their dedicated-virtual package at my last job, which gave us root 
access to do whatever we wanted with our online environment for only 
$50/mo. We were really happy with the service, but again I would take a 
good look at the kind of traffic and system resources you expect you 
will need.

http://www.mediatemple.net

I believe they also have Drupal as a one-click install in their control 
panel for some packages.

--chris



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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