I have a Slice and you don't
May 15, 2007
I have a Slice and you don’t (probably)! SliceHost has quickly outgrown themselves and have a wait list of up to 11 weeks. This is actually a good thing, since it shows that “their [sic] not just taking everyone in willy-nilly”, as a colleague of mine pointed out.
Other hosts, like Dreamhost and TextDrive, seem to allow anyone to signup whether or not their servers can handle capacity. Dreamhost even brags that they oversell, which SliceHost cannot do, even if they wanted to.
I use SliceHost for most of my Django projects because it allows me to have full access of my server environment. I run mod_python, MySQL and some extra software that I cannot install on a standard shared host. But like a shared host, Slicehost’s offerings are quite reasonable: the lowest tier Slice gives you 256MB of RAM, 10GB storage and 100GB of bandwidth, all for only $20/month. Root access for only $20/month is amazing, especially considering the excellent server performance.
Oh, and if you are going to sign up, use my referral code so I can get credit. ;)
Full disclosure: I do not work for, or with, SliceHost. The only benefit I receive is from referrals, as linked above.
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On the plus side, the new waitlist format is helping. Hopefully everyone can get one soon :)
Posted by slicematt
Weird,
I've bought 1 slice last friday(my second one).
Except that if only applies to new customers.
Posted by Nuno Mariz
SliceHost is really nice. I love my Slice and would recommend it to anyone who knows how to admin a Linux box. They're cheap, reliable, and good performing.
As for other hosts not having wait-lists: This can be attributed more to size and cost than anything else. TextDrive and DreamHost are a lot larger and they run higher margins. That means that you can order servers a bit in advance and let them lie for a few weeks before they're fully used (because you've built-in a nice safety-net to the pricing of your plans that allows you to have more servers than your customers are using at the moment).
It's a trade-off. Do you sign-up for the service that can get you started immediately and pay a little more* or do you wait and deal with the fact that, if you don't pay more, the company can't have the capital just lying around waiting for you. If you can accommodate SliceHost by accepting that you have to wait for them to get one of their servers in, they can accommodate you on price. If you can't accommodate that, you will pay more to cover the extra servers that have to be lying around for new, impatient sign-ups.
*by pay a little more, I mean relative to the service offered. While DreamHost is cheaper, but it also isn't giving you a 256MB piece of RAM.
Posted by Sean
BlueHost is one of those overselling we-take-everyone-for-mere-pennies kind of hosts, but somehow I haven't noticed at all (except in my wallet, which thanks them for their good prices). I've used Django with BlueHost and it's absolutely flawless.
They had some speed issues last year, but it's been smooth sailing ever since. I filed a trouble ticket and they moved me over to a less-impacted server with no problems. I recommend them for any non-mission-critical kind of hosting that people need (blogs, testing, goofy pictures of your dogs). I wouldn't run a business on it, though. That sounds like a job for SliceHost.
(Nope, I don't work for BlueHost or any other hosting company. Just a happy customer.)
Posted by Tyson Tate
OMG. I can't believe you're taunting us wanna-Slicers! How mean! :-)
Posted by stubblechin
I love slicehost. The wiki, the people, the slice admin, the rescue shell console embedded in the website. The price is very very reasonable for all that they give you, and I'm really happy. Not had many good experiences with VPS, but this is one of those instances where you almost don't need a dedi server and slicehost would be good enough in a lot of cases.
Posted by Daniel C. Henning