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[Alan]

>
> Drupal: There is a long conversation about a drupal ready hosting service.
> 	It seems that shared drupal sites are less flexible than most people
> 	who want extra drupal modules want. And so you almost have to
> 	get a VPS or get a colocation/dedicated server of some kind.
>

If you have a shell, you can usually install extra drupal modules. Doesn't
require a VPS or colo server for the most part.

The thing I've noticed about Drupal is that it requires _fast_ database
access which most shared environments (dreamhost, I'm looking at you)
don't provide.
Fortunately, caching can drastically increase responsiveness, but it
doesn't help much if you are doing a lot of user-specific content.

-ajb