SliceHost was acquired in October 2008, and is now a subsidiary of industry giant Rackspace Hosting Inc.
Company and Services
SliceHost was originally positioned to meet the needs of the business market but has recently diversified into the consumer end. The company believes that experience in meeting the high demands of business clients gives it the edge when it comes to customer focus and satisfaction.
SliceHost is a popular choice with software developers and web designers and openly recommends that novices may want to consider shopping around elsewhere, as their offering is aimed more at experienced Internet users. Prices are competitive and you will get specialized customer support from a dedicated team – a hallmark of parent company Rackspace. You also get the opportunity to build your own system to your own specifications.
SliceHost offers VPS servers with packages that it claims are significantly cheaper than many other hosting companies, while bridging the gap that often exists between an entry level shared hosting option and expensive dedicated hosting.
The SliceHost VPS can serve Ruby on Rails applications and host Python applications. It will also run MySQL or Postgres databases so there’s plenty of flexibility there. Users can upgrade at any time and extra bandwidth usage can be accommodated though they do prefer to be notified in advance.
Users can host multiple domains on their ‘slice’ and there is simple web based control panel, but if you want a dedicated panel such as Plesk or CPanel you will need to install this yourself. As stated earlier, this is one for the pros but it’s a popular option among the hosting savvy as you can start from scratch and create you own system.
Related Links
Official Blog: http://www.slicehost.com/blog/
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