Sorry - what do you mean by "triggers their usage monitor" - CPU usage above a certain threshold? Or they don't allow compiles? I spoke with Bluehost, and they indicated that if I got SSH access, I could try to compile it myself. I'll check to see if this is possible with Lunarpages, which we now have accounts with.
Cindy Harper, Systems Librarian Colgate University Libraries char...@colgate.edu 315-228-7363 On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Ross Singer <rossfsin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cindy, I think this might be possible, depending on the provider. I > have a site on Site5 and this seems pretty doable (it looks like I > might have even tried this at some point, since I seem to have a > compiled version of yaz in my home directory). It would probably take > some rooting around in the forums to see how people successfully are > installing PECL extensions and it might take a few tries to compile > yaz successfully (since if it triggers their usage monitor, they'll > kill the process), but I think it would be worth a shot. I would > definitely recommend this before jumping to a VPS (and let's be > realistic, everybody, if you're being this blasee about running a VPS, > you are either investing some time/expertise sys admining it or you > have an insecure server waiting to be exploited). > > Good luck! > -Ross. > > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Cindy Harper <char...@colgate.edu> wrote: > > I guess I was hoping to have service such as that provided by my current > > hosting service, where security,etc., updates for L A M & P are all taken > > care of by the host. Any recommendations along those lines? One that > > provides that and still lets me install what I want? My service suggested > > that I go to a VPS account,where I'd have to do my own updates. > > > > Cindy Harper, Systems Librarian > > Colgate University Libraries > > char...@colgate.edu > > 315-228-7363 > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Han, Yan <h...@u.library.arizona.edu > >wrote: > > > >> You can just buy a node from a variety of cloud providers such as Amazon > >> EC2, Linode etc. (It is very easy to build anything you want). > >> > >> > >> Yan > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > >> Cindy Harper > >> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 10:54 AM > >> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > >> Subject: [CODE4LIB] LAMP Hosting service that supports php_yaz? > >> > >> At the risk of exhausting my quota of messages for the month - Our LAMP > >> hosting service does not support PECL extension php_yaz. Does anyone > know of > >> a service that does? > >> > >> Cindy Harper, Systems Librarian > >> Colgate University Libraries > >> char...@colgate.edu > >> 315-228-7363 > >> > > >