Re:Techcrunch moves from Rackspace to Wordpress Hosting
by rubyrescue on Monday February 08, 2010 @02:48PM
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Where does Wordpress host? And what is their support like? And how big do you really have to be to get admitted behind the velvety-php rope?
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Re:Techcrunch moves from Rackspace to Wordpress Hosting
by joshfinnie on Monday February 08, 2010 @02:54PM
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Not sure when this started, but you can get the information on Wordpress's VIP services here: http://vip.wordpress.com/
Re:Techcrunch moves from Rackspace to Wordpress Hosting
by rubyrescue on Monday February 08, 2010 @04:41PM
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So if you pay $15,000/yr you still only get two-day response time? Seems like only the Platinum/Black with "high priority" support seems to be worth it... assuming you have the traffic that makes 80/150k per year worth the cost.
Re:Techcrunch moves from Rackspace to Wordpress Hosting
by photomatt on Tuesday February 09, 2010 @04:19AM
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WordPress.com has servers in two datacenters run by LayeredTech and one by Server Beach, around 1,200+ total. When one datacenter fails we (hopefully) fall over to the other two. We have DNS and monitoring services at half a dozen other locations, and of course utilize CDNs for frequently-accessed content.
Support is handled by a worldwide team of some of the nicest and sharpest people you'll ever meet, with escalation to the core people behind WordPress. We've seen and worked with more high-profile blogs than probably anyone else.
The typical floor for VIP is 1 million pageviews a month. Many clients do many times that, or host dozens of sites with us.
Re:Techcrunch moves from Rackspace to Wordpress Hosting
by melito on Monday February 08, 2010 @03:04PM
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IP block that vip.wordpress.com lives on is owned by LAYERED-TECH
I'd imagine the move has more to do with wordpress.com actively updating the software vs. hw / network infrastructure.
Am I wrong in assuming that TechCrunch was hosted on CloudSites?