It has been two weeks now since I purchased a “slice” form Slicehost and I can’t be more happier. If you don’t already know Slicehost is a VPS hosting provider that gained quite a bit of popularity in the Rails community when they first launched. I also believe they are one of the first hosting providers to run off a virtualized infrastructure using Zen. I decided to use Slicehost for a small personal project as my Rackspace account is currently handling several Rails development sites. The pricing as you can see on their site, their pricing is excellent and their management tools simple and easy to use. The hosting itself has been better than expected and performance good for a VPS. What has impressed me the most is their community which can be leveraged for help and support. Their Wiki is just amazing. There is so much rich content and “How To” guides that even a beginner in system administration can get their web server set up in 2-3 hours. Slicehost is a model of how setting up a proper support community with good tools and skilled moderators can greatly offset traditional support costs!!