Media Temple is a very cool evolution in remote hosting. Part web host, part application server, part grid, it is an interesting look into the parallell computing world we are rapidly moving into.

Most interesting to me was their grid service, which provides an on-demand capability for web hosting that allows a site to handle the slashdot effect without having to blink an eye. Sites (and their corresponding media and applications) are running on multiple servers, which allows traffic to be spread out seamlessly, allowing for spikes in service and usage. This is all done without significant additional configuration, which makes it all the more sweet.

Now, they have had some problems, especially with non-grid oriented applications. However, I think that these are pretty minor compared to the utility that high-performance sites will get from using a grid environment.

Absolutely worth a look …

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