Well, as most of us know mod_perl doesn't really lend itself well to the
"hosted" world because of the way it operates. However there is I think a
conceivable solution. This might sound a little crazy (or a lot), but I've
been messing around with vmware, and it's really cool/stable. One thought is
instead of hosting a "site" or a "machine" host a "virtual machine". It might
be more economical to use one of those IBM s/who knows how many machines that
can run many many copies of linux internally for large hosts, but for a smaller
hosting service they might want to give VMWare a shot. I have no personal
connection with VMware, but it is a really cool product and I have been testing
a lot of different things with it and it's VERY impressive.
Of course hosting on a virtual machine wouldn't be $40/month..., but at least
you _could_ have modperl and a machine of your own without paying the hefty
cost of a colocation service. (You can restrict memory for each VM, and each
VM has bios and all that jazz..., check it out vmware.com)
Thanks,
Shane.
(Credit where credit is due: This was originally Josh Chamas's idea)
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In the mod_perl Guide's chapter "mod_perl for ISPs" that you can read at
> http://perl.apache.org/guide/multiuser.html I go through various scenarios
> that can be deployed by ISPs who want to provide mod_perl services. The
> chapter talks about things to watch after, security issues and similar
> stuff.
>
> In one of the future articles for apachetoday.com I want to cover this
> issue more extensively, educating ISPs to provide mod_perl services, thus
> allowing more users to join the wonderful world where mod_perl rules. What
> I really miss is real world testimonies, experiences and probably new
> implementation ideas not covered in the chapter.
>
> If you work for an ISP that already successfully provides mod_perl
> services (preferably not co-locating, co-locating is a no-brainer) please
> help me present various practical solutions to make mod_perl more
> accessible to people who want to use it online and cannot yet afford a
> co-location scheme.
>
> If you know about people, who work for an ISP who does that, but are not
> subscribed to this list, please forward this request to them.
>
> Your input is very important... and hey there is nothing better than a
> free advertisemnt and a few more new clients :)
>
> Thank you!
>
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