Hi, I'm looking for a basic RoR host based in the UK for hosting upto 5 RoR Apps. Bandwidth and space are negligable but price is important as I don't have much to spend. I am currently learning RoR and want some space where I can upload the applications and run in production mode. A host with Phusion Passenger would be preffered. Any advice welcome. Thanks in advance
A VPS may well be your best option, don't see anything wrong with your requests but if they are test applications, a VPS would allow you the greatest control over the server environment. We have some servers in the UK as we are based here but if you drop me a PM, I can also give you a list of reputable UK hosts who have been operating for much longer than ourselves.
Would these VPS servers be ready to run Rails or would I need to configure them myself? I have played about with Apache and Mongrel servers but being a Windows guy for the last 15 years it's all a bit above me