webhostingbuzz, anyone tried

[guru...@gmail.com]

Hi guys.
These guys seem to have very tempting packages. They say they support
django. What I'd like to know is what kind of support? Do I have to
install it on my home folder, or is it preinstalled on their servers?
Second thing I wanted to ask about, is the speed. My current account
goes really slow, and it has only one flatpage to handle. How good it
webhostingbuzz on that issue?
Thanks in advance
Yair

[Tim Chase]

> These guys seem to have very tempting packages. They say they support
> django. What I'd like to know is what kind of support? Do I have to
> install it on my home folder, or is it preinstalled on their servers?

I know two folks using WHB, though not for Django. Both are
using the basic bottom-tier stuff: one (my brother-in-law) for a
personal setup with gallery for family, etc; and the other is the
wife of a coworker who hosts an OSCommerce deployment for stuff
she's selling.

However on one page [1], they claim to "fully support Django Web
Hosting on our Budget Web Hosting plans", I find that suspect
given that they don't seem to back that anywhere and that
according to their FAQ[2]
"""
"Do you support DJango and Ruby on Rails?
We support them on our semi dedicated web hosting plan.
"""

Dedicated hosting is a big jump in price, from under $5/mo (for
the Budget plans) to $150/mo

Additionally, though they say that they offer shell access, you
have to request it, and (at least in the case of my coworker's
wife) they require a (faxed?) copy of a photo ID before they
enable shell access. That bugged me.

However, I have shell access to that machine to help her maintain
her project so if you want me to investigate I can do so further.
That said, I don't think that her budget package has anything
remotely resembling support for Django.

> Second thing I wanted to ask about, is the speed. My current account
> goes really slow, and it has only one flatpage to handle. How good it
> webhostingbuzz on that issue?

I've used several budget hosting services and would rate WHB as
average. I don't know how that translates when moving from
Budget to Dedicated.

In short, for a small to medium sized Django site, I don't think
I would go with WHB when there are other sites out there[3] that
have far more affordable plans. If you were just installing
static pages or some generic PHP scripts, they're fine.

Hope this helps,

-tim

[1]
http://www.webhostingbuzz.com/website-hosting.shtml?host_django-hosting

[2] http://www.webhostingbuzz.com/website-hosting.shtml?whb_faq

[3] http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/DjangoFriendlyWebHosts

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[Joe]

I use webfaction and I've found them to be great.

J

[gir...@gmail.com]

I'm also on webfaction, and like it. The most basic plan is pretty
skimpy on server RAM (simply enabling debug on my site put it over the
limit, and I was the only one accessing it), but you'll be fine if you
take a bit of care with the setup. Django works straight out of the
box, and their support is great.

E

[hass]

I too am on webfaction, it's worth it, and dirt cheap.

[Chris Hoeppner]

Is anyone on the MediaTemple Django Container Beta Program?

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

On 08-Nov-07, at 10:42 PM, gir...@gmail.com wrote:

> I'm also on webfaction, and like it. The most basic plan is pretty
> skimpy on server RAM (simply enabling debug on my site put it over the
> limit, and I was the only one accessing it)

if you tweak apache a bit and make sure media goes through their
apache, you can safely enable debug even with the 40 mb plan. Oh, and
dont do much with the site on Mondays when they check the RAM usage ;-)

--

regards
kg
http://lawgon.livejournal.com
http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

[Eric Abrahamsen]

> On 08-Nov-07, at 10:42 PM, gir...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I'm also on webfaction, and like it. The most basic plan is pretty
>> skimpy on server RAM (simply enabling debug on my site put it over
>> the
>> limit, and I was the only one accessing it)
>
> if you tweak apache a bit and make sure media goes through their
> apache, you can safely enable debug even with the 40 mb plan. Oh, and
> dont do much with the site on Mondays when they check the RAM
> usage ;-)

That was with their apache handling media! I think I had some
ServerLimit issues as well, though.
Thanks for the Monday tip :)

[stranger]

Hello guys..... I am trying to learn Djangi these days but having
tough time. ... I wanted to host my site using Django but I am
currently with hostmonster.com they dont support Django... So if any
of you with WebFaction hosting can share me some space.. I am willing
to share my hostmonster space with you.....for a few bucks..... Can
anyone help me in this case.....