vcpan (Virtual CPAN) ?

[Je...@midata.com]

This site looks on top of it! I noticed they were using a wrapper called
vcpan for access to perls MCPAN.  I was hoping this was something that was
in the CPAN libraries but it's not.  Has anyone seen or written such an
animal?

Jeff Bulley
"I am the chicken, I am the egg, I am the walrus -- coo coo ka choo .."
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>Sent by: Ron Pero <rp...@boone.net>


>Sent From the mail file of:  Jeff Bulley


>To:  "Gagan Prakash" <ho...@mediaone.net>, <mo...@apache.org>
>cc:

>Subject: Re: mod_perl virtual web hosting

>I haven't used it, but a friend mentioned that iserver has virtual servers
>on which you can configure mod_perl. http://www.iserver.com/

>At 01:26 PM 04/12/00 -0400, Gagan Prakash wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>I have been looking for mod_perl virtual web hosting companies who have
fast
>>servers and good infrastructure but the two I have found so far have
either
>>had problems with their mod_perl setups (they installed the module, did
not
>>change apache configs or changed them incorrectly) or have been very
slow.
>>These two are www.123hostme.com or www.olm.net.
>>
>>I would greatly appreciate if somebody could point me in a better
direction.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Gagan
>>

Re: vcpan (Virtual CPAN) ?

[Gunther Birznieks <gu...@extropia.com>]

On the main topic at hand: I am under the impression vcpan and other
iserver tools like it are proprietary and it is how they manage their
virtual UNIX boxes so that you can have almost root-like access to your
virtual web server machine without being a true separate physical box
that you have root access on.

Gerd Knops wrote:

> Jeff.Bulley@midata.com wrote:
> > This site looks on top of it!
> >
> To bad they are a Verio company. My recent experiences with Verio
> have been extremely poor, their customer support for leased lines
> is that it pretty much is non-existent.
>

On the subtopic:

I think it's fair to say that any company bought out by Verio (such as
iserver) suffers from the added overhead and uncertainty of being owned
by a huge company (as well as potentially having key people leave over
it). However, iserver was a company before verio, and is a separate
entity after it. But take it as you will.

Verio forced me to move my email from clark.net to a "Verio standard mail
server" and I lost my mail for several days and never recovered my IMAP
mail folder capability on their new config. Support emailed me back a
couple times telling me that everything was the same on the new server so
I shouldn't be having any problem and never offered more help. So chalk
one up for a Verio absorbtion.

My experience with iserver's own tech support hasn't been so bad even if
it does have to go through support@verio.com. I usually get a response
within 12 hours. Not amazing for business critical support (I would
prefer a within 1 hour response) but the answers seemed to be good to me.

And their model of virtual servers is somewhat interesting and gives
quite a bit of capability to config your own stuff in a
standardized/automated way that many small web hosting companies cannot
touch.

Anyway, take it as you will. IServer has a shed-load of customers and
they support Perl as well as mod_perl for all those customers... So now
we have a whole slew of customers who may start coming here for advice
which will be very exciting to see a new set of people grow on this list.

Later,
   Gunther

Re: vcpan (Virtual CPAN) ?

[Gerd Knops <ge...@bitart.com>]

Jeff.Bulley@midata.com wrote:
> This site looks on top of it!
>
To bad they are a Verio company. My recent experiences with Verio
have been extremely poor, their customer support for leased lines
is that it pretty much is non-existent.

Gerd


> I noticed they were using a wrapper
> called vcpan for access to perls MCPAN. I was hoping this was
> something that was in the CPAN libraries but it's not. Has anyone
> seen or written such an animal?
>
> Jeff Bulley
> "I am the chicken, I am the egg, I am the walrus -- coo coo ka choo
> .." ------------------
>
> >Sent by: Ron Pero <rp...@boone.net>
>
>
> >Sent From the mail file of:  Jeff Bulley
>
>
> >To:  "Gagan Prakash" <ho...@mediaone.net>, <mo...@apache.org>
> >cc:
>
> >Subject: Re: mod_perl virtual web hosting
>
> >I haven't used it, but a friend mentioned that iserver has virtual
> >servers on which you can configure mod_perl.
> ><http://www.iserver.com/
>
> >At 01:26 PM 04/12/00 -0400, Gagan Prakash wrote:
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I have been looking for mod_perl virtual web hosting companies
> >>who have
> fast
> >>servers and good infrastructure but the two I have found so far
> >>have
> either
> >>had problems with their mod_perl setups (they installed the
> >>module, did
> not
> >>change apache configs or changed them incorrectly) or have been
> >>very
> slow.
> >>These two are www.123hostme.com or www.olm.net.
> >>
> >>I would greatly appreciate if somebody could point me in a better
> direction.
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>Gagan
> >>
>