Dreamhost, Ruby on Rails

Back in the day (last November), I decided to learn Ruby on Rails. I got myself some hosting, posted a couple of pieces on Codesnipers, and that was about it. In my first Rails post on Codesnipers (Riding the Rails), I mentioned the hosting from Dreamhost. I complained about their CPU usage limits, which I didn't find out about until after I signed up.

Having just read their latest newsletter and blog, I think I should clear that up. Apparently, they don't have any specific limits on CPU usage, they've quoted arbitrary figures in the past, but deal with heavy CPU usage on an individual basis. Basically, if you use their hosting for your site and don't constantly crash their servers, you should be in the clear.

The hosting deal's numbers are amazing. Back in November for the Codesnipers article 5GB disk space and 120GB bandwidth seemed impressive, but now it's 20GB disk space and 1TB bandwidth per month on the basic package. Including MySQL and Ruby on Rails support. It's about $8 per month, but I paid annually with a discount code and it cost me about $30 for the year. I haven't really put the service through it's paces, but I haven't had any problems either. If you're looking for a good hosting deal, or just want somewhere to play with Ruby on Rails, it's worth a look. If you want to pay about $30 for a year too, use the discount code 'gavinsentme' (it should save you $90 on the annual plan).

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