The subject comes up now and then. In the archives of this list, search for
these subject lines:
mod_perl virtual web hosting
Do you use iServer?
mod_perl in a shared hosting environment
I use iServer. The web sites are not the most demanding in the world -- it
gets the job done. Why not send your concerns to iServer tech support or
sales?
Ron
At 03:19 PM 01/30/01 -0300, Martin Langhoff wrote:
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>As many people understood I mean some kind of virtual host service, I
>would like to restate my question.
>
>There are companies (Verio at least) offering a 'virtual machine'
>running a virtualized OS. Verio is offering NetBSD and Solaris. They
>have a seriouly large iron where many virtual machines run, each virtual
>machine gets a share of CPU, HD and RAM resources, an at least an IP
>address.
>
>In there is a full OS, and you get to be root for about $150 a month.
>It's a cheap alternative to co-location, a middle ground between a good
>virtual hosting service and owning a box. You can run your own MTA,
>compile whatever the hell you want, etc, although they offer a bunch of
>services out-of-the-box and have a lot of useful --if annoying-- cron
>jobs rotating your logs, monitoring the temperature of your daemons,
>feeding the dog and whatnot.
>
>Of course, you get to share resources with a bunch of other customers.
>It seems a great environment to set up a low traffic / highly customized
>server, like apache+mod_perl. Now, I know and understand the services
>they offer, but I have never actually used one with mod_perl.
>
>Now, has anyone tried this services? Do I have to worry about anything?
>Why didn't Stas list them in his article? -- they don't appear in the
>Guide either -- Do they have a fundamental or practical flaw I can't
>see?
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>Martin
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