Comments on: Media Temple’s Grid-Server Coming Next Weekish http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish Tech News, Reviews and Guides Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:43:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: blog.sudosu.net - Why Is Dreamhost Not Talking About Grids? http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-127572 blog.sudosu.net - Why Is Dreamhost Not Talking About Grids? Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:52:41 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-127572 [...] Temple is talking about a new service called Grid-Server (via). It’s not available yet, but it’s supposed to be coming this [...] [...] Temple is talking about a new service called Grid-Server (via). It’s not available yet, but it’s supposed to be coming this [...]

]]> By: s5j.net » Blog Archive » Why Is Dreamhost Not Talking About Grids? http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-114305 s5j.net » Blog Archive » Why Is Dreamhost Not Talking About Grids? Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:12:22 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-114305 [...] Temple is talking about a new service called Grid-Server (via). It’s not available yet, but it’s supposed to be coming this [...] [...] Temple is talking about a new service called Grid-Server (via). It’s not available yet, but it’s supposed to be coming this [...]

]]> By: Matt Brett » December 2006 Catch All http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-68111 Matt Brett » December 2006 Catch All Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:14:11 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-68111 [...] While we’re on this subject, a number have people have emailed me asking about that small orange in my footer and the sudden absence of the (mt) partnership badge in my header. Long story short (and many of you are already aware of this), back in October (mt) Media Temple launched a their new hosting platform, (gs) Grid-Server. It sounded like it was going to be the next big thing in hosting, but turned out to cause nothing but irritation and frustration amongst those using it. I was personally experiencing down time up to 4-5 times a day over a 6 week period. I simply couldn’t stick it out and longer and jumped ship to A Small Orange. Apparently, things are better now, but ASO has been treating me very well and I don’t see myself moving back to (mt) any time soon. [...] [...] While we’re on this subject, a number have people have emailed me asking about that small orange in my footer and the sudden absence of the (mt) partnership badge in my header. Long story short (and many of you are already aware of this), back in October (mt) Media Temple launched a their new hosting platform, (gs) Grid-Server. It sounded like it was going to be the next big thing in hosting, but turned out to cause nothing but irritation and frustration amongst those using it. I was personally experiencing down time up to 4-5 times a day over a 6 week period. I simply couldn’t stick it out and longer and jumped ship to A Small Orange. Apparently, things are better now, but ASO has been treating me very well and I don’t see myself moving back to (mt) any time soon. [...]

]]> By: Paulius http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-58154 Paulius Sun, 03 Dec 2006 01:58:57 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-58154 So finally mediatemple is out. But looks like we back in jungle age. Media temple offer most unstable hosting plan as they say “The last hosting plan you ‘ll ever need”. Here I am sure this is my last hosting plan I will have with them. So finally mediatemple is out. But looks like we back in jungle age. Media temple offer most unstable hosting plan as they say “The last hosting plan you ‘ll ever need”. Here I am sure this is my last hosting plan I will have with them.

]]> By: Ross http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-56208 Ross Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:07:33 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-56208 I thought service outages were a thing of the past? Ross - http://www.thehostguru.com - http://www.digg.com/software/The_Grid_is_Falling_The_Grid_is_Falling I thought service outages were a thing of the past?

Ross
- http://www.thehostguru.com
- http://www.digg.com/software/The_Grid_is_Falling_The_Grid_is_Falling

]]> By: Evan http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-32694 Evan Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:58:49 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-32694 I've been hosted at [mt] for a about a year now - I have always had good things to say about them, and the switch to Grid Server is not going to change that. Pricing (I haven't seen anyone mention it yet) starts at $20 a month for their basic package (100GB of space and 1TB "short-path" bandwidth). What's rather nice is that pre-existing users are able to get grandfathered in at their existing rates to gs-lite (same deal but half the space and bandwidth). I’ve been hosted at [mt] for a about a year now – I have always had good things to say about them, and the switch to Grid Server is not going to change that. Pricing (I haven’t seen anyone mention it yet) starts at $20 a month for their basic package (100GB of space and 1TB “short-path” bandwidth). What’s rather nice is that pre-existing users are able to get grandfathered in at their existing rates to gs-lite (same deal but half the space and bandwidth).

]]> By: Keir http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-31149 Keir Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:46:15 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-31149 Well I have been a fan of @Mail for some time (Used it on DC-Hosting) and I guess I was just hoping for something in your style, and to hear that you are doing that, I look forward to seeing what you come up with, but @Mail is a great mail application and i'm fine with waiting! All good things come to those who wait etc ;) Thanks, and great work with the Grid Server, so far all seems great. Keir Well I have been a fan of @Mail for some time (Used it on DC-Hosting) and I guess I was just hoping for something in your style, and to hear that you are doing that, I look forward to seeing what you come up with, but @Mail is a great mail application and i’m fine with waiting! All good things come to those who wait etc ;)

Thanks, and great work with the Grid Server, so far all seems great.

Keir

]]> By: Alex http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-31136 Alex Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:14:33 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-31136 regarding @mail. Yes we are building our own interface. Getting feedback now from @mail so we can do what we set out to do with the mail app. We decided to launch without the new mail interface...Didn't want it to hold us up. Regarding Stella's post: Root access is not something we'll be offering now on the (gs) Grid-Server. The (dv) Dedicated-Virtual servers are made expressly for that. Concerning the price point, some of the other virtual plans out there are cheaper but they're probably not offering the level of power and equipment that we do. It really depends on what you need. We will be upgrading the (dv)'s soon. you can read about it here: http://mediatemple.net/company/whats_new/ Cheers! regarding @mail. Yes we are building our own interface. Getting feedback now from @mail so we can do what we set out to do with the mail app. We decided to launch without the new mail interface…Didn’t want it to hold us up.

Regarding Stella’s post: Root access is not something we’ll be offering now on the (gs) Grid-Server. The (dv) Dedicated-Virtual servers are made expressly for that. Concerning the price point, some of the other virtual plans out there are cheaper but they’re probably not offering the level of power and equipment that we do. It really depends on what you need.

We will be upgrading the (dv)’s soon. you can read about it here: http://mediatemple.net/company/whats_new/

Cheers!

]]> By: stella http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-31088 stella Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:27:31 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-31088 This Grid Server thing, is same as the shared plan! You can not edit the httpd.conf! You can NOT have virutal host! you can not have your own subdomain to be masked! Mediatemplate virtual dedicate server, yes you can do that and start from 70 USD with PHP performance, many other companies offer much better dial on the virtual deciated server. So if you want to edit the httpd.conf, forget about the Grid Server plan on the Mediatemplate. This Grid Server thing, is same as the shared plan! You can not edit the httpd.conf! You can NOT have virutal host! you can not have your own subdomain to be masked!

Mediatemplate virtual dedicate server, yes you can do that and start from 70 USD with PHP performance, many other companies offer much better dial on the virtual deciated server.

So if you want to edit the httpd.conf, forget about the Grid Server plan on the Mediatemplate.

]]> By: Jeremy Latham’s Blog » Blog Archive » Grid-Server: Media Temple’s New Hosting Platform http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-30203 Jeremy Latham’s Blog » Blog Archive » Grid-Server: Media Temple’s New Hosting Platform Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:35:40 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-30203 [...] Paul Stamatiou’s Blog [...] [...] Paul Stamatiou’s Blog [...]

]]> By: Karen http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-30154 Karen Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:07:32 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-30154 The grid is activated! :) The grid is activated! :)

]]> By: Keir Ansell http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-30063 Keir Ansell Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:14:19 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-30063 RE: http://static.julianbh.com/screenshots/ps/mt/ajax.png I hope thats not the webmail interface of what they have built because thats @mail (www.atmail.com) and I was hoping they had built their own. Hopefully I misunderstood :) Otherwise, the new specifications and features are looking very attractive for us MT customers :) RE: http://static.julianbh.com/screenshots/ps/mt/ajax.png

I hope thats not the webmail interface of what they have built because thats @mail (www.atmail.com) and I was hoping they had built their own.

Hopefully I misunderstood :)

Otherwise, the new specifications and features are looking very attractive for us MT customers :)

]]> By: Julian Bennett Holmes http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-29730 Julian Bennett Holmes Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:50:25 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-29730 Argh. My HTML was removed. Anyways, you can find the screenshot here: http://static.julianbh.com/screenshots/ps/mt/ajax.png Argh. My HTML was removed.
Anyways, you can find the screenshot here:
http://static.julianbh.com/screenshots/ps/mt/ajax.png

]]> By: Julian Bennett Holmes http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-29729 Julian Bennett Holmes Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:49:51 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-29729 Ryan: This is a screenshot of the "Simple - Ajax" new webmail. There are actually four flavors: "Simple - Ajax", "Simple - Any Browser", "Advanced - IE6+", and "Advanced - Mozilla". I'll get screenshots of the rest up tomorrow. Ryan:
This is a screenshot of the “Simple – Ajax” new webmail. There are actually four flavors: “Simple – Ajax”, “Simple – Any Browser”, “Advanced – IE6+”, and “Advanced – Mozilla”.
I’ll get screenshots of the rest up tomorrow.

]]> By: Geof Harries http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-29727 Geof Harries Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:05:54 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-29727 Ryan, the rumour is that it's <a href="http://atmail.com/" rel="nofollow">@Mail</a>, which <a href="http://www.netnation.com/" rel="nofollow">NetNation</a> also uses. If this is true, and MT has not done much customization, @Mail is reasonably good, but nothing to get really excited about. It seems to work best in IE 6+, but is lackluster in Firefox and Safari. Pretty bare bones, except the bloated interface. Ryan, the rumour is that it’s @Mail, which NetNation also uses. If this is true, and MT has not done much customization, @Mail is reasonably good, but nothing to get really excited about. It seems to work best in IE 6+, but is lackluster in Firefox and Safari. Pretty bare bones, except the bloated interface.

]]> By: Ryan Williams http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-29707 Ryan Williams Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:17:57 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-29707 Does anyone happen to have a shot of the new AJAX web mail? Does anyone happen to have a shot of the new AJAX web mail?

]]> By: saltydog http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-29337 saltydog Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:50:43 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-29337 Just to clarify things, the Grid is the same as (ss) 6.0. I know because I am lucky enough to work at (mt). :) Just to clarify things, the Grid is the same as (ss) 6.0. I know because I am lucky enough to work at (mt). :)

]]> By: Ryan Williams http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-28915 Ryan Williams Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:14:28 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-28915 Man. Thank God it's finally coming. I used to speculate an age ago about how a grid type system could revolutionise shared hosting and what it can handle; thank God I chose the host that decided to have the balls and resources to implement it! Since the grid server evidently evolved from shared server 6.0 (a free upgrade for current shared server customers), I assume it's a complete replacement. I imagine the logistics with such a change for so many customers are immense, so I'm not too surprised it took them so long. Man. Thank God it’s finally coming.

I used to speculate an age ago about how a grid type system could revolutionise shared hosting and what it can handle; thank God I chose the host that decided to have the balls and resources to implement it!

Since the grid server evidently evolved from shared server 6.0 (a free upgrade for current shared server customers), I assume it’s a complete replacement. I imagine the logistics with such a change for so many customers are immense, so I’m not too surprised it took them so long.

]]> By: Michael http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-28900 Michael Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:22:24 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-28900 I'm actually really excited about this. I’m actually really excited about this.

]]> By: Julian Bennett Holmes http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-28891 Julian Bennett Holmes Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:27:35 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-28891 OK, I've got some more info. We're not allowed to share prices, but I know that this is going to completely replace the (ss). There will be no more (ss). For more details, see an entry on my blog, at http://tcmb.deathaxe.net/blog/ OK, I’ve got some more info. We’re not allowed to share prices, but I know that this is going to completely replace the (ss). There will be no more (ss).

For more details, see an entry on my blog, at http://tcmb.deathaxe.net/blog/

]]> By: Julian Bennett Holmes http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-28890 Julian Bennett Holmes Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:20:03 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-28890 This is all speculation, but I think that the (gs) IS going to be (ss) 6.0. All the features on the ss6 page (http://www.mediatemple.net/services/webhosting/ss/linux-standard/ss6_sneak_peek/index.php) are the same as the features of the (gs), and it says that ss6 is in beta as of June 27th, which is around the same time the (gs) beta started (I can't remember exactly when it was). One sad thing though. These may be false numbers listed, but the prices I see on the (gs) beta page say it'll be much higher than the (ss). I'm not sure if we're allowed to share that info or what, so I'm not going to risk anything. This is all speculation, but I think that the (gs) IS going to be (ss) 6.0.

All the features on the ss6 page (http://www.mediatemple.net/services/webhosting/ss/linux-standard/ss6_sneak_peek/index.php) are the same as the features of the (gs), and it says that ss6 is in beta as of June 27th, which is around the same time the (gs) beta started (I can’t remember exactly when it was).

One sad thing though. These may be false numbers listed, but the prices I see on the (gs) beta page say it’ll be much higher than the (ss). I’m not sure if we’re allowed to share that info or what, so I’m not going to risk anything.

]]> By: Stuart http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-28869 Stuart Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:25:17 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-28869 Any idea if this will have 'true' multi-site capabilities, I signed up for an account a few months ago but had to cancel as they didn't have this feature which would have gave me email headaches. If this is the case I might just have to give it another whirl. Thanks for the review. Any idea if this will have ‘true’ multi-site capabilities, I signed up for an account a few months ago but had to cancel as they didn’t have this feature which would have gave me email headaches. If this is the case I might just have to give it another whirl. Thanks for the review.

]]> By: Damien http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-28858 Damien Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:43:11 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-28858 Seems odd that they'd be running such old databases? Seems odd that they’d be running such old databases?

]]> By: Kelsey Ruger http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-28848 Kelsey Ruger Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:09:14 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-28848 Looks like it might be time to break down and switch to Media Temple. Looks like it might be time to break down and switch to Media Temple.

]]> By: (mt) Grid-Server at Innovation Station http://paulstamatiou.com/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish#comment-28843 (mt) Grid-Server at Innovation Station Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:49:13 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/10/media-temples-grid-server-coming-next-weekish/#comment-28843 [...] The good news is that according to Paul, we won’t have long to wait to find out. Search [...] [...] The good news is that according to Paul, we won’t have long to wait to find out. Search [...]

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