[clue] [EVENT] CLUE hosting meeting

[Andrew S]

Agreed re memory. Nginx can run PHP; basically, you have Nginx proxy .php requests to FastCGI. Works well if you are coding your own PHP, but I don't know how well it would work with Drupal. And you are correct, that doesn't solve the problem that someone would have to learn Nginx to use it...

Not to repeat my plug for Bluehost, but just so I know, is there a reason that CLUE needs a VPS as opposed to shared hosting?

> 
> Memory should be a pretty big worry when it comes to drupel. I don't
> know if and how much they suffer from it anymore, but back in the day
> it use to have a real memory problem. Nginx would be good if it can
> server PHP. Never actually tried that only used it as a proxy. It just
> may be to much for the normal person that would be managing the site.
> Since most people are just use to Apache.
> 
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Andrew S <andrews53 at live.com> wrote:
> > I had a Slicehost account for a while and was quite happy.
> >
> > 256 Mb for $25/month was enough to run several low-traffic web sites, but:
> > (1) I used Nginx instead of Apache to save memory. Tried Apache first, and
> > it was using too much memory. Don't know whether Drupal runs well under
> > Nginx, esp. short URLs as Nginx has a different rewrite syntax. (2) I was
> > not running SpamAssassin, which is also a bit of a memory hog. Again, I
> > tried it and it was using too much memory. (3) If I recall correctly, other
> > Slicehost customers complained about "control panel" type apps, many of
> > which are also (as I understand it) memory hogs. I never had one on that
> > account so I can't comment.
> >
> > In the end I decided that managing a VPS wasn't worth the trouble for my
> > purposes, and so I switched to shared hosting at Bluehost. Very happy there.
> > Their servers run Apache, Spamassassin, etc. just fine, and they are cheaper
> > ($6.95/month). Don't know about running a mailing list there, though.
> >
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