Destroy Today now hosted by The Rackspace Cloud
If you can bet on your site being down each month, it’s probably a good indicator to look elsewhere for hosting. Though Dreamhost was a terrific deal, it wasn’t terrific enough to justify the downtime. I started looking around when Brian Connatser sent me a tweet suggesting I jump on board his cloud. Like 99% of people with web space, Brian happens to have a ton he isn’t using.
I finished the move this morning and I’m hoping it will be smooth sailing from here on out. Thanks again to Brian and those who made a suggestion.
how hard is it to setup wordpress blog(s) on rackspace?
i dont think they use popular control panels others have.
@Sushubh — I actually just copied all of my files over, so no setup was necessary. I’m sure it can’t be too hard.
Glad the move went well and everything is working again.
how did you import your sql database? using terminal i guess…
that is my nightmare with shifting to a different control panel. restore has to be done manually. and that is why i am stuck with a dedicated server running directadmin which is of course not scalable. i would probably make the switch to a cloud based platform someday. would be cheaper than the dedicated i have right now. do tell if bandwidth usage becomes expensive with this mechanism.
heh. just noticed that the DestroyTwitter alert window popped up from right bottom side and the background colors of this site and the alert matched providing a seamless experience
@Sushubh — Rackspace Cloud actually uses phpMyAdmin, so importing my DB was a simple export from the old, import to the new.
phpMyAdmin support is great! thanks for the information…
Hey Jonnie, can you ssh in? A while back I was looking at Mosso, which was apparently Rackspace Cloud’s predecessor, and they hadn’t ramped up to allowing shell access yet…
Welcome Jonnie!
We’re glad to have you on The Rackspace Cloud.
In reply to Chris Styles: Cloud Sites (which is what Jonnie is hosted on) does not have SSH access however, we do have a Cloud Servers product where you do have complete control including SSH access. http://www.rackspacecloud.com/cloud_hosting_products/servers
Hope this helps. We are doing our weekly Webinar today at 1pm CST – https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=92esfr4yp9d
We will do a Control Panel walk thru and will show you how you can use each of our products.
Thanks again and if you have further questions, do not hesitate to send me an email.
Best,
Angela Bartels
@rackcloud
angela.bartels@rackspace.com