MOSSO, Take Two (already!)
OK. If you haven’t read my previous post where MOSSO blew my mind, go read it now. Then be prepared to be REALLY blown away.
I said I could create one domain that runs Windows and another that runs Linux - all on the same account.
I said I could run Windows with MS SQL or with MySQL.
I said I could run Windows and Ruby on Rails, or Linux and Ruby on Rails.
All of that amazed me.
But I had NO IDEA that I could run, ON ONE DOMAIN .Net, PHP, MySQL, and MS SQL. I didn’t realize that my .Net app could talk to my MySQL database AND my MS SQL database. Or that my PHP app could talk to my MySQL and MS SQL databases.
That my Linux apps could talk to my Windows databases. And vise-versa.
All on the same domain.
All on the same domain!
I didn’t realize how many choices I had, and how many ways I could serve my clients all on one box - regardless of the application, database, Operating System, etc.
I honestly need to sit and think for a while because I have no clue how all of this can be true. Just thinking about the back end that serves this is making my head spin a little bit. The front-end - the part *I* work with is just DROP DEAD EASY.
I’ve got a feeling the back end is a bit more complex 
The back end is where the BMVS (Black Magic Voodoo Shit) happens. And it is some serious magic.
In my F.A.Q. page I say DesqView X is my favorite software ever. Because it was magic.
But I think I need to update my F.A.Q. now. MOSSO is making my head spin.
It honestly seems impossible.
And if I would not have been lucky enough to just talk to one of the inventors of the technology I probably still wouldn’t believe it.
My brain must rest.
Amazing. After being at Rackspace all day yesterday, and visiting their new site the day before, I was already wondering if I shouldn’t just go work for them. Rackspace is an amazing company.
But now I know. If I leave consulting, I am applying at MOSSO.
It is that freaking cool.
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March 15th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Interesting review Rob.
You might want to take a look at GoGrid You can get root access (on Linux) and full admin access (on Windows), Load Balance them all (same domain but share different types of servers), easy scability, easy deployment, server creation in 5 minutes/load balancing in less than 1.
You have to try it to believe it through. I’m the Technology Evangelist for the product and company (ServePath) and would gladly answer any questions you might have.
March 15th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
@Michael - I took a look at GoGrid and it looks like a very cool product. Not exactly the same thing I am talking about here, but you do seem to have a bit of magic of your own!
March 18th, 2008 at 1:55 am
[...] Rob La Gesse is totally becoming a raving lunatic about Rackspace’s new “Mosso” hosting cloud. [...]
March 18th, 2008 at 7:34 am
is this fully native linux and windows on the same domain which is cool
but you can run lamp (sort of on windows anyhow) and using php to talk to mysql and mssql is not exactly rocket science
March 18th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Yeah, I’ve been using MOSSO for a while, and they do indeed rock.
But, if you think that being able to talk to the two databases from the same domain is wild, you’d better sit down… in a few apps that we’ve developed on our account at Mosso, we’ve had .NET apps running natively in windows (no Mono at work here) that work hand-in-hand with PHP pages running natively on Linux. And, they’re able to share the same session variables (cookies), because they’re running on the same domain.
Now THAT is some crazy Black Magic, there. Dogs and cats sleeping together, the world gone mad.
March 18th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
We have been using Mosso for a little while now and could not be anymore happy. The best part, is the Mosso team is dedicated to continue to make the product better and better. They have so many amazing plans for the future, it makes me excited to know that they are always looking ahead. Thanks SUMOtastic.com
May 25th, 2008 at 7:55 am
should give a great honor for Mosso team
June 17th, 2008 at 1:12 am
GoGrid sucks to put it lightly. The support sucks and the sales guy cut me off because I asked him where to go to change my password! The login page had no forgot password link
I found Mosso to be a better more affordable solution and the support is good.
I never did get responses on some tickets from GoGrid! Awful!
June 17th, 2008 at 8:20 am
@Mike,
Sorry to hear that your experience was not what you expected. However, I’m just curious (and I can help with this), were you ever able to get your password? That is a great suggestion about the “Forgot Password” link. I will make sure that our product management group adds that feature.
Were you ever able to log in? I would be curious as to THAT experience. Also, what pricing benchmarks were you looking at by saying Mosso was more affordable?
August 29th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I also have had a terrible experience with GoGrid’s (Serverpath) sales and billing. Especially the sales team has no customer satisfaction or account ownership in mind. I am still an account holder and I have had to request someone higher up in the company to work with that actually cares about the financial future of the company.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
@Rick,
Not that it would mean anything at this point but feel free to contact me directly regarding GoGrid/ServePath issues. I can provide insight and tips as well as have a direct line to the decision makers who can implement change. Contact me via the GoGrid blog (http://blog.gogrid.com) as I’m the owner of that property among other things.
-Michael
August 29th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
That is really interesting. We just canceled our GoGrid as well. There support is terrible, but the sales and billing departments are even worse. Our credit card declined for some reason. They sent an email saying we needed to rectify it or there would be account interruptions the same day. I responded to that email and didn’t hear anything for 3 days. Then they deleted our accounts, and I do mean DELETED. Everything was gone and NON-RECOVERABLE. Then they had the balls to call us and charge the credit card without bothering to tell us they had already disconnected and deleted our accounts. These guys are worse than terrible. They really have no clue how to run a business.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
@Dan @Rick and @Mike,
I would like to get some more details on your experience and (hopefully) try to rectify some of your issues. Could you email me at michael [at] gogrid.com and include your GoGrid Acct # so I can do a bit of leg work figuring out what happened? I will try to make it worth your while.
Thanks,
Michael