fastcgi and shared-hosting?

locked_user sundialsvc4 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: fastcgi and shared-hosting? by stonecolddevin (Parson) on Jan 31, 2009 at 23:08 UTC
Look at http://www.dreamhost.com or http://www.asmallorange.com. They allow you to run fastcgi processes and have decent speed when running applications under fastcgi. meh.	[reply]
Re: fastcgi and shared-hosting? by zentara (Cardinal) on Jan 31, 2009 at 16:25 UTC
My first thoughts is that FastCGI hints that you need speed and high-bandwidth to handle alot of simultaneous connections..... that is followed by the fact that cheap shared hosts are often slow, throttle your bandwidth, and may ulimit how much ram you can have at any one time. So you should ask all these things to the sales people at the provider, to be sure what you are really getting. I would think that for FastCGI, you would want your own, private dedicated server (or colocation) on a high-speed line.... thats probably around $100/month I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth Remember How Lucky You Are	[reply]
Re: fastcgi and shared-hosting? by shmem (Chancellor) on Jan 31, 2009 at 22:59 UTC
I'm pretty sure it can be done. And the issues are the same as always: security from those outside the share, enforcing behavior of those sharing, and fairness of the ruler dealing out the resources. I haven't tried out that setup, which I guess could be done with apache via suexec and virtual hosts - did you?	[reply]
Re: fastcgi and shared-hosting? by slacker (Friar) on Jan 31, 2009 at 12:59 UTC
This is an incredibly vague question. What exactly are you looking to do? Any details would be much appreciated.	[reply]
Re^2: fastcgi and shared-hosting? by Anonymous Monk on Jan 31, 2009 at 17:24 UTC
Just high-level “where the rocks are” vagueness will be just fine as a quicky-response for this one... `:-)` (Whups, it's me. I forgot to log in.)	[reply]