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I’m considering shifting from PHP to Rails. Does an average web host support the Ruby language and everything that Rails needs? Does a normal Rails app using MySQL or does it handle data differently? And is it as “easy” to get an app up and running, as PHP?
No, the average shared webhost provider does not because most are preconfigured with LAMP and Ruby usually isn’t installed, but RoR support is on the rise.
However, if you’re interested in a dedicated/vps (unmanaged) then you pretty much can do whatever you want ( I would recommend slicehost/linode if you are looking for a vps and your budget is around $20/mo ).
A decent web application ( ROR ) can handle many types of DBMS’s including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite.
What’s your budget? How big will your site be?