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Using a CDN to store/serve user image uploads?

I'm still new to the whole CDN ideaology, so this might be a stupid question but I'm sure someone can shed some light on this. I've got a basic php script that takes user image uploads, resizes them, creates a directory ($user_id), and stores the…
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Which is better for Java development hosting: Aptana? Google App Engine? Slice Host?

I am split between the benefits of developing Java (non-commercial) webapps and deploying to something like Aptana or Google cloud, or just going with a Slice Host account. Tomcat or Jetty and MySQL are really my only big requirements. Aptana and…
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Which distro is best for hosting LAMP + memcache? (answer gets a Linode or Slicehost referral)

Despite having very little Linux experience, I'm too enticed by VPS (and too sick of cPanel/shared hosting crap) to not give it a try. I'm a smart kid and pick up things pretty quick. I took a class in Linux and know basic commands, how to pipe…
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Monitoring Software for Ubuntu 8.10 on Slicehost?

I am new to server administration and I am looking for some options for monitoring my slice (ruby on rails site) on slicehost. Ideally, a live view of status and loads would be great. Any suggestions?
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"Caught ImportError while rendering: No module named urls" in Admin

I have recently created an account at SliceHost and made a new Slice. I copied my new project in and changed the paths in settings, and every file. But, when i try to access the admin interface, I get this error: TemplateSyntaxError at…
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Capistrano error while deploying to slicehost

im trying to deploy an application in slicehost using capistrano. I can log in via SSH using the same credentials, however when I try to deploy it i get the following error: executing `deploy' executing `deploy:update' ** transaction:…
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Slicehost installation profile

I'm no UNIX Guru, but I've had to set up a handful of slices for various web projects. I've used the articles on there to set up users, a basic firewall, nginx or apache, and other bits and pieces of a basic web server. I foresee more slice…
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Accepting emails from domain with wildcard subdomain

I'm setting up an app to preform mailhooks. You create an account, assign a callback url, and a pattern to match. Then you get a subdomain that you can send email to. Something like accountname.mail.appdomain.com. This is how it might…
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Which apache worker to use with passenger and how?

I've this config in my apache2.conf StartServers 5 MinSpareServers 5 MaxSpareServers 10 MaxClients 150 MaxRequestsPerChild 0 # worker MPM # StartServers: initial number of…
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Swapping problem for Rails app on slicehost

I have a Rails 2.3.8 app hosted and running on slicehost (256M). I am not familiar at all with the back-end, I basically followed the steps from the slicehost tutorials to install Apache. The memory usage being very high, I then changed my Apache…
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Free service that allows storing game data online?

I have created a small game in Java and I would like to add the ability for a player to publish his highscores online. I'm willing to write the server software myself (it's easy these days with Ruby Mongrel, or even C++). I just need to have some…
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linode.com vs slicehost.com: which fits Java applications better?

I've been searching for a hosting solution for a grails application. I've read some very good comments on slicehost, but not much about linode. could some one with the experiences of either of them share your insights please? thanks.
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Connect to slicehost from MediaTemple with a PHP Script (GS Hosting)

I want use a Redis server with a PHP Site hosted on a MediaTemple GS hosting. MT allows PHP Sockets to contact an external server (slicehost)?
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Mysterious 500 Error with Basic Rails App on Slicehost

I am getting a mysterious 500 error when i try to deploy my first rails app on slicehost. I have followed the Ubuntu Intrepid articles very closely and it seems to be all setup accordingly. I am trying to run rails on Apache with Passenger. All I…
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Spree error 500

Need some help here. I have deployed spree (0.70.3) on slicehost (ubuntu, ruby1.8.7, Rails 3.1.3), installed the spree gem, loaded in the sample data successfully following the steps on spree startup manual and I am using passenger (it works on…
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