Thread: Would a PostgreSQL only hosting environment be of interest?
Hello, Over here at Command Prompt we are considering starting a small dedicated hosting division for PostgreSQL users. This would be a business class service and would run on our redundant 6Mb connection. Would this interest any PostgreSQL users? We are not really looking to be a rackspace as much as a specialized business database hosting provider to accent our current product line. Sincerley, Joshua Drake -- Command Prompt, Inc. creators of Mammoth PostgreSQL and Mammoth LXP the PostgreSQL XML application server.
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >Over here at Command Prompt we are considering starting a small > dedicated hosting division for PostgreSQL users. This would be a > business class service and would run on our redundant 6Mb connection. Not that I mind that much, but I think that commercial postings are supposed to go to the announce list. > Would this interest any PostgreSQL users? We are not really looking to > be a rackspace as much as a specialized business database hosting > provider to accent our current product line. I certainly would, although at the moment I am trying a company. I left my previous provider of 5+ years because they didn't have postgresql support. I was extremely happy with my previous ISP, but I needed postgresql. I must admit that I am been much more patient with this new provider I am trying due to the lack of alternatives. If there were other alternatives I may not be so patient.
Hi guys, As a lot of people would already know, on the techdocs.postgresql.org site there is a "PostgreSQL Hosting" page: http://techdocs.postgresql.org/hosting.php Among all the companies on this page, there is only one company (pghoster.com) which specialises in PostgreSQL hosting. Haven't heard any feedback about them, but when I first looked at their site they seemed decent. So Joshua, if you're looking to run a PostgreSQL specialised hosting solution, then good luck with it. The more the merrier I reckon. You might want to look for specialised requirements there too (i.e. redundancy, extremely high end sites, etc). :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift Francisco Reyes wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > >Over here at Command Prompt we are considering starting a small > > dedicated hosting division for PostgreSQL users. This would be a > > business class service and would run on our redundant 6Mb connection. > > Not that I mind that much, but I think that commercial postings are > supposed to go to the announce list. > > > Would this interest any PostgreSQL users? We are not really looking to > > be a rackspace as much as a specialized business database hosting > > provider to accent our current product line. > > I certainly would, although at the moment I am trying a company. > I left my previous provider of 5+ years because they didn't have > postgresql support. I was extremely happy with my previous ISP, but I > needed postgresql. > > I must admit that I am been much more patient with this new > provider I am trying due to the lack of alternatives. If there were other > alternatives I may not be so patient. > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Justin Clift wrote: > Hi guys, > > As a lot of people would already know, on the techdocs.postgresql.org > site there is a "PostgreSQL Hosting" page: > > http://techdocs.postgresql.org/hosting.php > > Among all the companies on this page, there is only one company > (pghoster.com) which specialises in PostgreSQL hosting. Haven't heard > any feedback about them, but when I first looked at their site they > seemed decent. How do you classify "specialize"? *puzzled look* Considering the last ~7years or work and time we've put into PgSQL, I would have thought we've done a pretty good job of "specializing", no?
Hi Marc, "Marc G. Fournier" wrote: > > On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Justin Clift wrote: > <snip> > > Among all the companies on this page, there is only one company > > (pghoster.com) which specialises in PostgreSQL hosting. Haven't heard > > any feedback about them, but when I first looked at their site they > > seemed decent. > > How do you classify "specialize"? *puzzled look* Considering the last > ~7years or work and time we've put into PgSQL, I would have thought we've > done a pretty good job of "specializing", no? Knew I should have clarified that. :-) They appear to focus nearly exclusively on PostgreSQL hosting, and not much else. Lots of places focus on being hosting providers... AND providing database access as a feature. pghoster.com appears to be an online PostgreSQL database provider... AND provides other things as features. The difference is in their apparent focus. :-) Well, so it seems. Haven't heard any feedback from end users so I can't tell for sure if the different focus actually has a tangible benefit or is in fact for real. Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi