# OT: Good virtual server host with debian? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 10, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-virtual-server-host-with-debian/63036 "2006-06-10T22:31:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdeverea)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-virtual-server-host-with-debian/63036/1 "2006-06-10T22:31:37Z")
Hey all, I’m casually shopping around for a host that will give me a virtual server running Debian. It would host some of my rails projects and probably some svn. Does anyone know of a good host? Anecdotes about satisfaction would be nice. Thanks, Bryan ---
**Author:** ![bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdeverea)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-virtual-server-host-with-debian/63036/2 "2006-06-10T22:58:31Z")
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**Author:** ![bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdeverea)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-virtual-server-host-with-debian/63036/3 "2006-06-10T23:29:55Z")
On Jun 10, 2006, at 1:31 PM, Bryan D. wrote: > Bryan > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) Bryan- ``` I use http://rimuhosting.com for vps installs. The use Xen for the ``` virtualization technology and Xen is the fastest thing going for virtualized servers. I’ve referred a lot of people there and no one has been unhappy. -Ezra ---
**Author:** ![bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdeverea)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-virtual-server-host-with-debian/63036/4 "2006-06-12T18:45:07Z")
On Jun 11, 2006, at 9:38 PM, Francois B. wrote: > I went for RimuHosting after reading Ezra’s information. I am very > satisfied with their service. I needed postfix installed with some > special stuff, and they did it for me. They charge 40 USD/hour for > install, and if it takes less than 15 minutes, they won’t charge you. > > I steadily upgraded my host from level 1 and am now at level 5 or 6 – > can’t even remember. Anyway, watch out for memory, that’s the only > catch I would warn against. 96 Mb is OK for 1 app and a small config > for MySQL. Anything else requires more RAM. This is really good to know. I was looking at getting their 128 MB RAM plan to run two Typo weblogs and some legacy PHP stuff. Anyone care to comment on whether 128 MB of RAM will be in the right ballpark? My Rails processes seem to use around 40-50 MB of RAM on TxD, so I guess the real question is, does MySQL need more than ~30 MB of RAM? – ~akk > **[Adam Keys is typing](https://therealadam.com/)** > > Developer and engineering manager at large ---
**Author:** ![bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdeverea)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-virtual-server-host-with-debian/63036/5 "2006-06-12T04:39:59Z")
Bryan, 2006/6/10, Ezra Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > On Jun 10, 2006, at 1:31 PM, Bryan D. wrote: > > > Does anyone know of a good host? Anecdotes about satisfaction would be > > nice. > > ``` > I use http://rimuhosting.com for vps installs. The use Xen for the > > ``` > > virtualization technology and Xen is the fastest thing going for > virtualized servers. I’ve referred a lot of people there and no one > has been unhappy. I went for RimuHosting after reading Ezra’s information. I am very satisfied with their service. I needed postfix installed with some special stuff, and they did it for me. They charge 40 USD/hour for install, and if it takes less than 15 minutes, they won’t charge you. I steadily upgraded my host from level 1 and am now at level 5 or 6 – can’t even remember. Anyway, watch out for memory, that’s the only catch I would warn against. 96 Mb is OK for 1 app and a small config for MySQL. Anything else requires more RAM. Hope that helps ! ---
**Author:** ![bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdeverea)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-virtual-server-host-with-debian/63036/6 "2006-06-12T18:48:42Z")
+1 for RimuHosting. Michael ---
**Author:** ![bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdeverea)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-virtual-server-host-with-debian/63036/7 "2006-06-12T18:52:10Z")
+1 for Rimuhosting. Those guys are fantastic. If you tell them what you want they’ll install it during setup. Peter even installed Mongrel for me without me asking 😉 Super helpful and very friendly. I don’t feel like a number 🙂 Matt ---
**Author:** ![bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdeverea)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-virtual-server-host-with-debian/63036/8 "2006-06-12T19:11:12Z")
On Jun 12, 2006, at 9:42 AM, Adam K. wrote: > > for MySQL. Anything else requires more RAM. > > ~akk > > [http://therealadam.com](http://therealadam.com) > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) Adam- ``` Typo is a bit of a resource hog so 128 might be a little small for ``` two typos and some php stuff. I run two blogs and an old php cms on a 192Mb vps at rimu and it works well. So you should probably get the 160Mb-256Mb size vps. you can always start smaller and move up as needed. ``` Another thing to consider though is that once you start to get into ``` the bigger plans at rimu you might want to take a look at http:// [layeredtech.com](http://layeredtech.com). You can get an AMD Athlon with 512Mb ram and an 80gig HD for $65.month. Add another $10 and you get a gig of ram. They are very reliable as well and I have not had any issues there with the servers I deal with. But they are much more hands off than rimu. Rimu will install stuff for you when you get your vps setup and will provide some support along the way. But layered just gives you root and says have a good time. Which is fine if you know how to admin your box. Cheers- -Ezra ---
**Author:** ![bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bdeverea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdeverea)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-virtual-server-host-with-debian/63036/9 "2006-06-12T21:28:54Z")
Adam K. wrote: > does MySQL need more than ~30 MB of RAM? Only if you want it to serve queries 😉 Seriously, you can get it running well in that amount of memory, but it usually is configured to want way more out of the box. I’m no MySQL tuning expert, and often find myself googling this page from the manual when I need to deal with its memory issues: [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/server-parameters.html](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/server-parameters.html) -phil