The best fit for purpose

I always like to find and use the tools that best fit my objective. When you manage this life becomes both more interesting and more fun.

I’m not happy with the web hosting package I currently use. I mean, does Fedora Core 2 sound good to you? OK, I know, it depends what I’m trying to do…

I’m trying to develop Java and Ruby on Rails applications, and just getting the thing configured with such an antiquated version of Fedora is an up hill battle! So I’ve decided to make alternative hosting arrangements before trying anything serious.

On the back of a new business enterprise — Google needn’t worry for the moment — I’m going to get a couple of new VPSs.

1. A development server; the RoR and Java machine with the appropriate server stacks.
2. Production hosting of Drupal 5 installations with LAMP for my clients, which are hard enough get faultlessly configured on the current system.

It also seems like a good idea to separate development and production; I’m bound to knock over the development server at some point.

Both these systems are going to be based in the UK. They’re also going to be much more expensive than my current VPS, but I’ve learned that you often get what you pay for and I’m prepared for the expense.

The new host? I’ve asked questions of several and the most responsive and impressive to date is MEMSET and its Miniserver Virtual Machine range.