[consulting] VPS? [was D7 side effects on the Development list]

[Laura]

I've found that not all "specialists" in Drupal are all that special, or don't have the kind of broad-range experience to handle the variety of things a Drupal site can require, given different use cases. I prefer something where I can get under the hood and do what I want, and do it affordably. For spinning up little instances on an ad hoc basis, Linode is very good. (And you can pick your distro.)

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Laura Scott
Co-Founder, PINGV Creative
http://pingv.com

On Dec 9, 2010, at 5:15 PM, jeff at ayendesigns.com wrote:

> I am strongly considering it. I'm looking now at the plethora of 
> offerings. I don't need the panel (if it's Debian). But, for example, 
> I'm looking at one that specializes specifically in Drupal hosting. 
> However, the plan that is about the same price has all the this-and-that 
> one needs, but 3 mysql databases. I'm running about 20 :(
> 
> On 12/09/2010 07:02 PM, Cameron Eagans wrote:
>> If I were you, I'd strongly consider moving to a VPS. At $200/yr, 
>> you're paying something like $16-17/mo. For 3 or 4 dollars more, you 
>> could have a VPS. Install Aegir on it and you're good to go.
>> 
>> If you're super dependent on CPanel or the like, now is as good of 
>> time as any to learn how to admin a server "for realz" - without all 
>> that bloat that a control panel adds.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Cameron
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