third party hosting options wihtout long running process
Hi all, I hope this hasn't been asked to death before, but out of lots of related information that I did find, I could not find a direct answer to my question. I have been using and really enjoying Zope on my Debian system at home, but would like to start using it for a couple of web sites that I maintain. The problem is, they are hosted at providers that do not have Zope, and currently have no plans to do it. Both of the providers allow pretty much any CGI you can write, except that they don't allow long runing processes. Where does this leave me? I have seen where Zope can be run as a CGI, but is unbearably slow. Is unbearable truly unbearable? I have gleaned that they are several parts of Zope, not all of which needs to be used. In particular, so far I have really gotten into the acquisition concept, as it is similar to something I was already doing with python CGIs and heavy abuse of soft links. Can just ZPublisher (this is what does this right?), be run as a CGI? Of course, my other option is to move my sites. I have a freezope account at nipltd, but I assuming they don't want people doing redirections ala redirection.net to freezope accounts. I have seen other hosting companies, but most seemed rather expensive, especially in light that I would not be giving up my current ISP for a couple of unrelated to Zope reasons. Basixally, if I am limited to CGI, what parts of Zope can I use effectively?
Bob Horvath wrote: <snip Zope without Zope ;-) >
Where does this leave me?
In a not very nice position ;-)
I have seen where Zope can be run as a CGI, but is unbearably slow. Is unbearable truly unbearable?
Yup, it would be if you had to start up Zope for every HTTP request. That takes 20 seconds or so on average, which is a pretty long time to respond for an HTTP REQUEST ;-)
Can just ZPublisher (this is what does this right?), be run as a CGI?
I don't think if would work like you want it to :S
Of course, my other option is to move my sites. I have a freezope account at nipltd, but I assuming they don't want people doing redirections ala redirection.net to freezope accounts.
I can't see why we would object... why do you think we would?
I have seen other hosting companies, but most seemed rather expensive, especially in light that I would not be giving up my current ISP for a couple of unrelated to Zope reasons.
Well, you could probably host all your sites on a single Professional Zope Hosting instance from NIP: http://www.nipltd.net/professional.html That would cover your domain names and multiple sites as well as providing email redirection, log analysis and a MySQL database. Not to mention the fact that you can customize Zope to your heart's content including what version you use, what patches you apply and what products you choose to install. Hope that helps, Chris :-)
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