# Good Host for Facebook Rails App? **URL:** \ **Category:** Deployment\ **Created:** [October 18, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-host-for-facebook-rails-app/117568 "2007-10-18T04:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dkanders)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-host-for-facebook-rails-app/117568/1 "2007-10-18T04:57:42Z")
Hi All, Wondering if anyone knows any pros/cons to any of the different rails hosting providers… I’m deploying a facebook app and am wondering where to host it… Right now, I have a [hostingrails.com](http://hostingrails.com) account, but am wondering if there is a better hosting provider for facebook apps. Thanks! Dustin ---
**Author:** ![dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dkanders)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-host-for-facebook-rails-app/117568/2 "2007-10-18T05:19:07Z")
I don’t have personal experience with managing facebook apps but here is a post from/about Joyent hosting facebook apps. [http://www.eleganthack.com/archives/graphing\_social\_hosting\_hustling\_hogtying\_apps.php](http://www.eleganthack.com/archives/graphing_social_hosting_hustling_hogtying_apps.php) [http://joyeur.com/2007/10/10/graphing-social-patterns-joyent-web-application-presentation](http://joyeur.com/2007/10/10/graphing-social-patterns-joyent-web-application-presentation) Hope it helps, AEM On 10/17/07, Dustin A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ## Thanks! Dustin > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > > – Adrian Esteban Madrid Lead Developer, Prefab Markets [http://www.prefabmarkets.com](http://www.prefabmarkets.com) ---
**Author:** ![dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dkanders)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-host-for-facebook-rails-app/117568/3 "2007-12-08T15:57:20Z")
Just as a follow-up, I’m using Joyent so far - they have a free hosting offer for facebook apps. [www.joyent.com](http://www.joyent.com) ---
**Author:** ![dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dkanders)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-host-for-facebook-rails-app/117568/4 "2008-01-07T17:16:37Z")
Hi, I just tried [www.dreamhost.com](http://www.dreamhost.com) which is quite nice : - Support Ruby on Rails, - 500Go of disk space, - 5To of bandwith, - … for $5.95/month and I got a discount of $47 off for my 1 year registration with the promo code “chrystal”. Best regards and happy new year, teum ---
**Author:** ![dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dkanders)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-host-for-facebook-rails-app/117568/5 "2008-01-10T04:49:02Z")
No1 should use dreamhost’s shared hosting for facebook app unless they don’t want their app to get popular. It’s damn slow just to run a simple mephisto blog. Teum Teum wrote: > Hi, > > I just tried [www.dreamhost.com](http://www.dreamhost.com) which is quite nice : > > - Support Ruby on Rails, > - 500Go of disk space, > - 5To of bandwith, > - … > for $5.95/month > > and I got a discount of $47 off for my 1 year registration with the > promo code “chrystal”. > > Best regards and happy new year, > > teum ---
**Author:** ![dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dkanders)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-host-for-facebook-rails-app/117568/6 "2008-01-11T01:26:01Z")
Hi, I’m Maykel Rodriguez from [SpeedyRails.com](http://SpeedyRails.com), we do not offer a service that cheap as $5.95/month but I’m sure you will love our reliability, quick support and easy deployments. Sorry for the self- promotion but it seems it’s being difficult for some to find fair prices for highly reliable (and scalable) RoR hosting. – Maykel Rodriguez > **[Home - Speedyrails](https://www.speedyrails.com/)** > > Speedyrails is an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner. We leverage our extensive AWS knowledge to provide exceptional managed services. Easy to use Rails hosting On Jan 9, 10:49 pm, Yaxm Y. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dkanders)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-host-for-facebook-rails-app/117568/7 "2008-01-10T15:07:02Z")
Hello Dustin, The fastest I have seen is cytexone out of new york. Pros:They have an extremely fast cluster and for a shared option they may be a way to go. Cons: Not much rails experience so geting things done may take longer > **[OCS Solutions Since 1997 Providing Reliable Quality Web Services](https://www.ocssolutions.com/)** > > OCS Solutions since 1997 provides quality and affordable managed web hosting, server admin, development and more. Contact us for the best reliable services! Pros: Great rails support (keeps gems up to date), Super fast support tcket response time. Generally they know what hey are doing. cpanel mongrel support (read no pain with apache directives) Cons: You may want a Virtual Dedicated, pretty inexpensive plans. The shared option is good, but when your app gets popular, it can max out the resources pretty fast. (I had two apps on one account and 850,000 hits in one month and we had to make the move.) [Slicehost.com](http://Slicehost.com) Pros: lots of resources, excellent tutorials, virtual dedicated accounts Cons: You must configure from base OS image ie Ubuntu Gutsy so if you have experience with that then go to it. [mediatemple.net](http://mediatemple.net) Pros: slick admin panel, compartmentalized apps. Good support Cons: I’m not sure the grid computing has been cooked long enough yet. They seem to have some speed issues. Hope this helps -ht On Oct 17 2007, 8:57 pm, Dustin A. \