Result Summary for Survey:Rails Hosting 2012

Rails Hosting 2012

1. Did you take the previous Rails hosting survey back in 2009?
	answered question		1,298
	skipped question		8
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		23.2%	301
No		76.8%	997

2. How many years have you been developing with Ruby on Rails?
	answered question		1,304
	skipped question		2
		Response Percent	Response Count
Less than 1 year		11.0%	144
1-2 years		16.5%	215
2-3 years		17.4%	227
3-5 years		29.8%	388
More than 5 years		25.3%	330

3. How many Ruby on Rails applications have you deployed?
	answered question		1,298
	skipped question		8
		Response Percent	Response Count
None (yet)		1.6%	21
1		5.7%	74
2-5		41.1%	534
6-15		33.1%	429
15+		18.5%	240

4. How many Ruby (non-Rails, e.g., Sinatra) application have you deployed?
	answered question		1,299
	skipped question		7
		Response Percent	Response Count
None (yet)		37.0%	480
1		13.9%	180
2-5		35.6%	462
6-15		8.2%	106
15+		5.5%	71

5. What versions of Ruby are you using in your applications?
	answered question		1,304
	skipped question		2
		Response Percent	Response Count
Ruby 1.8.6		5.8%	75
Ruby 1.8.7 (REE or MRI)		52.9%	690
Ruby 1.9.2		47.9%	625
Ruby 1.9.3		78.4%	1,022
Rubinius		1.4%	18
JRuby		9.8%	128

6. Are you using a Ruby version manager in production?
	answered question		1,299
	skipped question		7
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		63.0%	818
No		37.0%	481

7. If yes, what are you using? (choose all that apply)
	answered question		841
	skipped question		465
		Response Percent	Response Count
RVM		86.7%	729
rbenv		23.8%	200
Other (please specify)			9

8. What versions of Rails are you using in your applications?
	answered question		1,304
	skipped question		2
		Response Percent	Response Count
Rails 1.x		3.1%	40
Rails 2.1.x		4.3%	56
Rails 2.3.x		45.4%	592
Rails 3.0		37.4%	488
Rails 3.1		42.0%	548
Rails 3.2		85.8%	1,119

9. How would you describe yourself?
	answered question		1,279
	skipped question		27
		Response Percent	Response Count
Web Designer		13.6%	174
Web Developer		93.6%	1,197
System Administrator		22.8%	291
DevOps		23.8%	304
Project Manager		21.1%	270
Client		0.5%	7
PHB (pointy-haired boss) ;)		7.5%	96
Other (please specify)			44

10. Have you deployed any dynamic web applications with any other languages/frameworks?
	answered question		1,297
	skipped question		9
		Response Percent	Response Count
No		37.7%	489
Yes		62.3%	808

11. If yes, what are they? (Example: Django, Node.js, etc.)
	answered question	767
	skipped question	539
		Response Count
		767

12. If yes, would you say that it has been easier or harder to deploy Ruby on Rails applications compared to other languages/frameworks?
	answered question		858
	skipped question		448
		Response Percent	Response Count
Easier		67.2%	577
Harder		32.8%	281

13. How often do you deploy updated versions of your Ruby on Rails applications?
	answered question		1,299
	skipped question		7
		Response Percent	Response Count
Almost daily (a lot)		26.3%	341
A few times a week		33.2%	431
A few times a month		28.6%	372
Less than once a month		8.5%	110
Very rarely		3.5%	45

14. How many applications are you currently responsible for deployment management?
	answered question		1,293
	skipped question		13
		Response Percent	Response Count
1		15.2%	196
2-5		60.9%	787
6-15		17.9%	231
15+		6.1%	79

15. Do you use a source control management system (SCM)?
	answered question		1,301
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		98.8%	1,286
No		1.2%	15

16. If yes, which SCM do you use?
	answered question		1,289
	skipped question		17
		Response Percent	Response Count
CVS		0.0%	0
SVN		3.7%	48
Git		94.7%	1,221
Mercurial		1.5%	19
SourceSafe		0.0%	0
Team System		0.1%	1
Darcs		0.0%	0
Other (please specify)			8

17. Where is your source code hosted?
	answered question		1,249
	skipped question		57
		Response Percent	Response Count
Self-hosted repository		31.1%	388
Github		61.9%	773
BitBucket		6.5%	81
Beanstalk		0.6%	7
Other (please specify)			85

18. Do you use an automated deployment tool?
	answered question		1,295
	skipped question		11
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		85.3%	1,105
No		14.7%	190

19. If yes, which deployment tool do you use?
	answered question		1,055
	skipped question		251
		Response Percent	Response Count
Capistrano		73.8%	779
Vlad (the deployer)		1.9%	20
Continuous Deployment		2.3%	24
Git		22.0%	232
Other (please specify)			91

20. Which database do you typically use in production?
	answered question		1,247
	skipped question		59
		Response Percent	Response Count
MySQL		53.6%	669
PostgreSQL		42.7%	532
SQLite		0.7%	9
Oracle		1.0%	13
CouchDB		0.2%	3
MSSQL		1.3%	16
None		0.4%	5
Other (please specify)			87

21. Which database would you prefer to use in production? (some hosts don’t offer many options besides MySQL)
	answered question		1,203
	skipped question		103
		Response Percent	Response Count
MySQL		31.2%	375
PostgreSQL		63.5%	764
SQLite		1.1%	13
Oracle		0.5%	6
CouchDB		1.2%	15
MSSQL		0.4%	5
Other		2.1%	25
Other (please specify)			76

22. Are you using a NoSQL database?
	answered question		1,297
	skipped question		9
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		45.4%	589
No		54.6%	708

23. If yes, which one(s)?
	answered question	577
	skipped question	729
		Response Count
		577

24. Which operating system do you develop your applications on?
	answered question		1,293
	skipped question		13
		Response Percent	Response Count
Mac OS X		72.9%	942
Linux/Unix-variant		25.1%	324
Windows		2.1%	27
Other (please specify)			17

25. How would you rate your competence with working from the command line (BASH, SSH, etc.)?
	answered question		1,298
	skipped question		8
		Response Percent	Response Count
Novice		4.2%	55
Competent		30.8%	400
Proficient		46.0%	597
Expert		19.0%	246

26. How would you rate your competence with Unix-based operating systems (Linux, BSD, etc)?
	answered question		1,297
	skipped question		9
		Response Percent	Response Count
Novice		5.6%	73
Competent		34.4%	446
Proficient		42.6%	553
Expert		17.3%	225

27. How many people have access/credentials to deploy your application(s)?
	answered question		1,298
	skipped question		8
		Response Percent	Response Count
1 person (just me)		31.4%	408
2-4 people		56.8%	737
5+		11.8%	153

28. Do you catch and track Application Exceptions in production?
	answered question		1,290
	skipped question		16
		Response Percent	Response Count
No		28.9%	373
Yes		71.1%	917

29. If yes, which tool do you use?
	answered question		849
	skipped question		457
		Response Percent	Response Count
ExceptionNotifier plugin		36.0%	306
Exceptional (http://getexceptional.com/)		7.5%	64
Airbrake (http://airbrake.io/ ...formerly Hoptoad)		56.4%	479
Other (please specify)			100

30. Do you use any performance monitoring tools in production?
	answered question		1,294
	skipped question		12
		Response Percent	Response Count
No		40.7%	527
Yes		59.3%	767

31. If yes, which performance monitoring tool do you use?
	answered question		736
	skipped question		570
		Response Percent	Response Count
New Relic		97.0%	714
Scout		3.0%	22
Other (please specify)			49

32. Do you use any uptime monitoring tools in production?
	answered question		1,112
	skipped question		194
		Response Percent	Response Count
Nagios (self-hosted/managed)		21.0%	233
Pingdom		25.6%	285
I don't use one		53.4%	594
Other (please specify)			171

33. Which web server do you typically use in production?
	answered question		1,231
	skipped question		75
		Response Percent	Response Count
Apache		36.1%	444
Nginx		63.6%	783
Lighttpd		0.2%	3
Microsoft IIS		0.1%	1
Other (please specify)			53

34. Which of the following are you using in production?
	answered question		1,134
	skipped question		172
		Response Percent	Response Count
Mongrel		3.3%	37
FastCGI		1.1%	12
Passenger (mod_rails)		59.3%	672
Unicorn		35.7%	405
Rainbows!		0.7%	8
Other (please specify)			131

35. Do you use any of the following monitoring tools to keep your application running?
	answered question		1,185
	skipped question		121
		Response Percent	Response Count
Monit		23.9%	283
God		12.8%	152
I don't use one		63.3%	750
Other (please specify)			84

36. Do you use a Continuous Integration Server?
	answered question		1,286
	skipped question		20
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		36.0%	463
No		64.0%	823

37. If yes, which one?
	answered question		406
	skipped question		900
		Response Percent	Response Count
Jenkins		77.6%	315
CI Joe		3.2%	13
Travis CI		31.3%	127
BigTuna		3.4%	14
Integrity		3.0%	12
Other (please specify)			71

38. How happy are you with your current deployment process?
	answered question		1,291
	skipped question		15
		Response Percent	Response Count
Hate it (need to change this asap)		4.0%	51
Content (it works, but there is room for improvement)		65.9%	851
Happy (it's working great right now)		30.1%	389

39. What type of hosting do you currently have for your application?
	answered question		1,272
	skipped question		34
		Response Percent	Response Count
Self-hosted (you manage the hardware, servers, everything)		24.1%	306
Shared hosting (Dreamhost, Site5, etc. - several customers per machine)		2.8%	35
Cloud Computing (Amazon, Heroku, EngineYard Cloud, etc)		43.7%	556
Basic VPS (Slicehost, Linode, etc.)		23.5%	299
Rails VPS (Joyent, BlueBox, etc.)		2.3%	29
Managed hosting (one to many servers per application, paying a hosting company to keep our application up and running)		3.7%	47
Other (please specify)			61

40. What is your ideal hosting environment?
	answered question		1,287
	skipped question		19
		Response Percent	Response Count
Give me a power cable and an Internet connection and get out of my way!		12.4%	159
Basic OS install only, I'll handle the rest		38.2%	491
Basic Rails stack pre-installed (including a database), I'll handle the gems		11.0%	141
Just tell me what to put in my deploy.rb and let me get back to work		9.6%	123
Everything in the cloud!		29.0%	373

41. Are you happy with your current hosting provider/solution?
	answered question		1,283
	skipped question		23
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		83.9%	1,076
No		16.1%	207
care to comment?			156

42. If not, what is your biggest concern?
	answered question		376
	skipped question		930
		Response Percent	Response Count
Price		44.4%	167
Customer Support		10.9%	41
Uptime / Stability		31.9%	120
Lack of knowledge with Ruby on Rails		12.8%	48
Other (please specify)			27

43. How much are you currently spending on hosting (average per application)?
	answered question		1,235
	skipped question		71
		Response Percent	Response Count
Free		10.8%	133
< $25 month		22.3%	275
$25 – 50/month		17.8%	220
$50 – 100/month		12.8%	158
$100 – 250/month		11.0%	136
$250 – 1,000/month		13.8%	171
$1,000 – 10,000/month		9.1%	112
$10,000 – 50,000 month		1.9%	23
More than $50,000/month		0.6%	7

44. How much of your monthly budget is allocated for deployment and hosting expenses?
	answered question		1,177
	skipped question		129
		Response Percent	Response Count
Less than 10%		70.5%	830
10-25%		21.1%	248
26-50%		5.0%	59
More than 50%		3.4%	40

45. Who uses your application?
	answered question		1,287
	skipped question		19
		Response Percent	Response Count
Consumer-only (public)		25.7%	331
Consumers and internals users		64.7%	833
Internal users only		9.6%	123

46. How many new applications will you be deploying this year?
	answered question		1,284
	skipped question		22
		Response Percent	Response Count
None		6.2%	80
1		20.0%	257
2-5		57.4%	737
5+		16.4%	210

47. How long did it take you to fill out this survey?
	answered question		1,294
	skipped question		12
		Response Percent	Response Count
Less than 5 minutes		60.4%	781
5-10 minutes		38.3%	495
More than 10 minutes		1.4%	18

48. Would you like to be notified by email when we post the results of this survey? (this is optional) If so, please provide your email address and we'll email you at that time. Your email address will not be shared or published, and will only be used for the purpose of notifying you of the available results.
	answered question	748
	skipped question	558
		Response Count
		748

49. Do you feel like we left out any questions?
	answered question	185
	skipped question	1,121
		Response Count
		185