Comments on: Review: Slicehost VPS

By: iRubyist

iRubyist — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:30:21 +0000

“Chances are you’ll end up enjoying it so much that you’ll move all your projects over to Slicehost from that slow and unreliable shared host you’re currently with :)”

@Jamie: You’re not wrong there - I only set up my first slice a couple of days ago for a work project but already I’m coming up with all sorts of new personal projects to justify getting a nice chunky slice for myself to play around with :)

By: luis

luis — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:09:54 +0000

Whats not to love about slicehost.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:29:01 +0000

@Tummblr: Thanks for the comment. I agree, it’s practically impossible to find good shared hosting for a low price. I think the only advantage to shared hosting is that it is managed, so you don’t need to worry about securing your server, and things like that. It’s a good idea for companies who can afford to go with a host like [Mosso](http://mosso.com), and don’t want to worry about maintaining their server. For developers, however, Slicehost is hard to beat.

@slicematt: Thanks. Will do.

By: slicematt

slicematt — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:54:03 +0000

Thanks for the review, glad you are enjoying our community. Let us know if you need anything!

By: Tummblr

Tummblr — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:21:19 +0000

Nice review. I am currently eagerly awaiting my 256MB slice from Slicehost (signed up 9 days ago).

It’s really hard to find cheap shared hosting that performs well/doesn’t oversell. It might even be impossible. Any super-duper shared host probably costs almost as much as (if not more than) Slicehost.

The only one that might fit the bill is my current host, NearlyFreeSpeech.NET. Pay-as-you-go utility pricing + redundant and clustered backend for mere pennies is awesome.