Comments for Kyle Williams.com http://www.kylewilliams.com Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on I bought the Kindle 2, and passed on the DX by Mats http://www.kylewilliams.com/2009/i-bought-the-kindle-2-and-passed-on-the-dx/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Mats Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:01:09 +0000 http://www.kylewilliams.com/?p=117#comment-199 Nice review. I did some more web-browsing experiments. Check my blog for photos of some sites in the Kindle 2.0 browser. http://matspointofview.blogspot.com/2009/07/kindle-browsing-examples-facebook-and.html or this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei4KjhiK4To Nice review. I did some more web-browsing experiments. Check my blog for photos of some sites in the Kindle 2.0 browser.
http://matspointofview.blogspot.com/2009/07/kindle-browsing-examples-facebook-and.html

or this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei4KjhiK4To

]]> Comment on Mosso Compute Cycle Data for a Typical WordPress Site by 60valves http://www.kylewilliams.com/2009/mosso-compute-cycle-data-for-a-typical-wordpress-site/comment-page-1/#comment-198 60valves Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:15:26 +0000 http://www.kylewilliams.com/?p=63#comment-198 I will just add this on caveat to anyone considering Mosso that comes across this. The compute cycle on Mosso is not transparent at all so you don't really know what's going on. That's the first problem. Worse is the lack of daily stats and the updating of the compute cycles. It is not what I would call timely. I have seen sudden jumps in the computer cycle in the UI from one day to the next (i.e. end of Monday it reads 500 and then end of Tuesday 5,000), yet none of the stats on the website suggest traffic spikes. This leads me to believe the calculation and updating is either lagged or not trust worthy. Since there is a lack of transparency in the calculation I have to say its the second. Let's also not forget that the number will often read "As of your last billing date X" and when you are on day Z (two days into the new billing cycle) it has all the compute cycles from the last month + what has just happened recently not allowing you to know what is going on. I will just add this on caveat to anyone considering Mosso that comes across this. The compute cycle on Mosso is not transparent at all so you don’t really know what’s going on. That’s the first problem. Worse is the lack of daily stats and the updating of the compute cycles. It is not what I would call timely. I have seen sudden jumps in the computer cycle in the UI from one day to the next (i.e. end of Monday it reads 500 and then end of Tuesday 5,000), yet none of the stats on the website suggest traffic spikes. This leads me to believe the calculation and updating is either lagged or not trust worthy. Since there is a lack of transparency in the calculation I have to say its the second.

Let’s also not forget that the number will often read “As of your last billing date X” and when you are on day Z (two days into the new billing cycle) it has all the compute cycles from the last month + what has just happened recently not allowing you to know what is going on.

]]> Comment on Mosso Compute Cycle Data for a Typical WordPress Site by john m http://www.kylewilliams.com/2009/mosso-compute-cycle-data-for-a-typical-wordpress-site/comment-page-1/#comment-193 john m Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:54:37 +0000 http://www.kylewilliams.com/?p=63#comment-193 @Rob: I agree with sullo, I'm currently building a web application that is using WP as a backend alongside my own scripted CMS to handle a complex database with hundreds of users needing to store hundreds of entries each with 50+ variables including images (the CDN provider really got my attention as a major plus) . The information for all of these entries will be called in by other applications also hosted on the cloud account hundreds of times a day by each user. Thats ALOT of "computer cycles" needed in my opinion. And i understand that the scalabilty is a major point pushed about the cloud hosting but i'm not sure how many computer cycles i would need in the future and if the amount i need would send me way over budget. I plan to use WP-Supercache but i'm not sure if my tiny tiny dev team can handle the extra work load of modifying it to work with my CMS with the insane deadline were trying to reach anyway. Also, my team doesn't have any hardware experience and neither does the client we are programming this for so the fact that all of the server side stuff is scaled for us is a major plus. My point is that while the plan looks like a GREAT deal up front, i get the impression that the tables will turn once my application goes into full force. Thanks for your time, John Moore @Rob: I agree with sullo, I’m currently building a web application that is using WP as a backend alongside my own scripted CMS to handle a complex database with hundreds of users needing to store hundreds of entries each with 50+ variables including images (the CDN provider really got my attention as a major plus) . The information for all of these entries will be called in by other applications also hosted on the cloud account hundreds of times a day by each user. Thats ALOT of “computer cycles” needed in my opinion. And i understand that the scalabilty is a major point pushed about the cloud hosting but i’m not sure how many computer cycles i would need in the future and if the amount i need would send me way over budget. I plan to use WP-Supercache but i’m not sure if my tiny tiny dev team can handle the extra work load of modifying it to work with my CMS with the insane deadline were trying to reach anyway. Also, my team doesn’t have any hardware experience and neither does the client we are programming this for so the fact that all of the server side stuff is scaled for us is a major plus. My point is that while the plan looks like a GREAT deal up front, i get the impression that the tables will turn once my application goes into full force.

Thanks for your time,
John Moore

]]> Comment on Initial Review of Mosso Cloud Web Hosting by Yang Yang http://www.kylewilliams.com/2009/initial-review-of-mosso-cloud-web-hosting/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Yang Yang Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:03:54 +0000 http://www.kylewilliams.com/?p=6#comment-185 Got up and running. Cool control panel indeed. Also their affiliate manager gives me a temporary coupon (REF-YY) that discounts $25 off Cloud sites plans. Actually it's a $25 rebate. Got up and running. Cool control panel indeed. Also their affiliate manager gives me a temporary coupon (REF-YY) that discounts $25 off Cloud sites plans. Actually it’s a $25 rebate.

]]> Comment on Initial Review of Mosso Cloud Web Hosting by Yang Yang http://www.kylewilliams.com/2009/initial-review-of-mosso-cloud-web-hosting/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Yang Yang Tue, 19 May 2009 14:19:24 +0000 http://www.kylewilliams.com/?p=6#comment-171 Thanks for such a helpful review. Mosso is pretty new in this industry but has definitely shown some honorable qualities. I might go with their Cloud Server plan which is rather affordable, any idea how that'd turn out? I suppose you are with their $100 / month plan right? Thanks for such a helpful review. Mosso is pretty new in this industry but has definitely shown some honorable qualities. I might go with their Cloud Server plan which is rather affordable, any idea how that’d turn out? I suppose you are with their $100 / month plan right?

]]> Comment on Initial Review of Mosso Cloud Web Hosting by Liz Jamieosn http://www.kylewilliams.com/2009/initial-review-of-mosso-cloud-web-hosting/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Liz Jamieosn Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:32:05 +0000 http://www.kylewilliams.com/?p=6#comment-146 Hi Kyle We're starting a niche hosting business and have chosen Mosso Rackspace Cloud Sites to do it. I hope all is still going well with you and would love to hear more about your computing cycles. Liz Hi Kyle
We’re starting a niche hosting business and have chosen Mosso Rackspace Cloud Sites to do it. I hope all is still going well with you and would love to hear more about your computing cycles.
Liz

]]> Comment on Mosso Compute Cycle Data for a Typical WordPress Site by sullo http://www.kylewilliams.com/2009/mosso-compute-cycle-data-for-a-typical-wordpress-site/comment-page-1/#comment-136 sullo Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:48:13 +0000 http://www.kylewilliams.com/?p=63#comment-136 @Rob: I've been looking at Kyle's numbers trying to determine if I can replace my server w/Mosso... and it's a mix of WP, vBulletin and Drupal sites for the most part. You should change your calculator on the site to allow 'hits per day/month' or something... I was ready to go with mosso but the whole "compute cycle" thing is sketching me out!! @Rob: I’ve been looking at Kyle’s numbers trying to determine if I can replace my server w/Mosso… and it’s a mix of WP, vBulletin and Drupal sites for the most part. You should change your calculator on the site to allow ‘hits per day/month’ or something… I was ready to go with mosso but the whole “compute cycle” thing is sketching me out!!

]]> Comment on Mosso Compute Cycle Data for a Typical WordPress Site by Rob La Gesse http://www.kylewilliams.com/2009/mosso-compute-cycle-data-for-a-typical-wordpress-site/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Rob La Gesse Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:52:13 +0000 http://www.kylewilliams.com/?p=63#comment-135 WP-Supercache will save a typical WP blog 80-90% of the database requests - which is a huge compute cycle saver. You can find our KB article on it here: http://help.mosso.com/article.php?id=328 Thanks again for choosing Mosso! And for sharing your experiences. Rob WP-Supercache will save a typical WP blog 80-90% of the database requests – which is a huge compute cycle saver. You can find our KB article on it here: http://help.mosso.com/article.php?id=328

Thanks again for choosing Mosso! And for sharing your experiences.

Rob

]]> Comment on Mosso Compute Cycle Data for a Typical WordPress Site by Kyle http://www.kylewilliams.com/2009/mosso-compute-cycle-data-for-a-typical-wordpress-site/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Kyle Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:42:16 +0000 http://www.kylewilliams.com/?p=63#comment-134 Thanks for the followup comment Rob. The blog in reference has a simple quotation rotator, and the flexi pages plugin which simply changes how the navigation looks (http://srinig.com/wordpress/plugins/flexi-pages/). Akismet anti-spam plugin is not even turned on. Are you advising that wp-supercache should be used? I wasn't clear there. Thanks again for keeping on top of this. Thanks for the followup comment Rob.

The blog in reference has a simple quotation rotator, and the flexi pages plugin which simply changes how the navigation looks (http://srinig.com/wordpress/plugins/flexi-pages/). Akismet anti-spam plugin is not even turned on.

Are you advising that wp-supercache should be used? I wasn’t clear there.

Thanks again for keeping on top of this.

]]> Comment on Mosso Compute Cycle Data for a Typical WordPress Site by Rob La Gesse http://www.kylewilliams.com/2009/mosso-compute-cycle-data-for-a-typical-wordpress-site/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Rob La Gesse Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:21:43 +0000 http://www.kylewilliams.com/?p=63#comment-133 Kyle, thanks for the post(s). We have Wordpress sites that have tens of thousands of page views/day that don't exceed the compute cycle quotas. It all depends on the plugins installed, if WP-Supercache is properly configured, etc. I also want to make it clear that this is our Cloud Sites offering - Cloud Servers, our on-demand computing platform starts at about $11/month. There are differences in the offerings that make Cloud Sites a different hosting solution: Cloud Sites is built on a scalable, load-balanced, infrastructure - it is built to withstand the "Digg Affect". A VPS won't. So Scalability and Survivability are a huge part of this solution. Cloud Sites is also a completely managed (and supported!) solution - you don't mess with software patches - we do. You manage your application(s) and we handle the rest. Cloud Sites also allows any Cloud Sites customer to instantly (nearly) become a reseller. We will even handle the billing for you, if you wish. Even end-user white-label support can be handled by us. Your choice. And as you mentioned - the ability to use Windows and Linux on a single domain is a unique feature - and does not exist in the $10 price range. We're proud to offer a variety of hosting solutions so people can pick the one that best meets their value proposition - I'm glad you see the intrinsic value built into Cloud Sites (I was a Cloud Sites customer long before I became a Mosso employee!) Thanks again, Rob La Gesse Director of Customer Development Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud 210-845-4440 Kyle, thanks for the post(s). We have WordPress sites that have tens of thousands of page views/day that don’t exceed the compute cycle quotas. It all depends on the plugins installed, if WP-Supercache is properly configured, etc. I also want to make it clear that this is our Cloud Sites offering – Cloud Servers, our on-demand computing platform starts at about $11/month. There are differences in the offerings that make Cloud Sites a different hosting solution:

Cloud Sites is built on a scalable, load-balanced, infrastructure – it is built to withstand the “Digg Affect”. A VPS won’t. So Scalability and Survivability are a huge part of this solution.

Cloud Sites is also a completely managed (and supported!) solution – you don’t mess with software patches – we do. You manage your application(s) and we handle the rest.

Cloud Sites also allows any Cloud Sites customer to instantly (nearly) become a reseller. We will even handle the billing for you, if you wish. Even end-user white-label support can be handled by us. Your choice.

And as you mentioned – the ability to use Windows and Linux on a single domain is a unique feature – and does not exist in the $10 price range.

We’re proud to offer a variety of hosting solutions so people can pick the one that best meets their value proposition – I’m glad you see the intrinsic value built into Cloud Sites (I was a Cloud Sites customer long before I became a Mosso employee!)

Thanks again,

Rob La Gesse
Director of Customer Development
Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud
210-845-4440

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