Re^2: LAMP and hosting: Convenient Perl solution, similar to PHP setup?

Was not familiar with virtual servers. Are you referring to Xen maybe? Any other general info on them you could provide here might be useful to have in this thread. For example:

How much admininistration is generally required? Do I usually get Apache2/mod_perl2 by default?
What software is the provider using to create these virtual servers?
Any recommendations on virtul server hosting providers?

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Re^3: LAMP and hosting: Convenient Perl solution, similar to PHP setup? by stiller (Friar) on Mar 12, 2008 at 14:18 UTC
Take a look at www.nearlyfreespeech.net for a very nice setup and price model. I use them for a couple of small sites.	[reply]
Re^3: LAMP and hosting: Convenient Perl solution, similar to PHP setup? by tonto (Friar) on Mar 12, 2008 at 17:17 UTC
Virtual private servers - I use Fluidhosting; there's a good explanation of VPS on their site and I'm very pleased with their service. One caution, some hosting plans that are advertised as VPS are really just shared hosting.	[reply]
Re^3: LAMP and hosting: Convenient Perl solution, similar to PHP setup? by Errto (Vicar) on Mar 12, 2008 at 18:21 UTC
My understanding is that with a virtual server you can more or less run whatever software you want. Your costs are generally based on network, storage, and CPU utilization. An interesting offering in this area that caught my attention is Amazon EC2, but I haven't used it myself.	[reply]