[Ruby] Good alternatives to Mongrel?

[Michael T. Halligan]

Hrm nginix + fastcgi behind apache seems reasonable to try anyways,  
given how low the load on my app will always be.

On Jan 5, 2008, at 10:44 AM, Scott Windsor wrote:

> It depends on what you're using mongrel for.
>
> I personally am not a big fan of using mongrel clusters for
> production rails deployments - you can't spin up or down new
> instances on the fly based on your current load.  I'd look into
> running rails as a fast cgi app, and then picking a webserver that
> you can configure with fastcgi (apache, lighttpd, nginx, etc).
>
> If you're using merb or using mongrel as a simple stand-alone
> webserver, you might want to look around elsewhere.  I also don't
> think using mongrel as a front-end webserver scales very well.  It's
> not multi-threaded, so the only way to scale out is to run lots of
> mongrel (i.e. pack of mongrels or mongrel cluster), then front it
> with either another webserver or a load balancer.
>
> - scott
> On Jan 5, 2008, at 9:47 AM, Michael T. Halligan wrote:
>
>> After reading Zed Shaw's homophobic, bigoted rant last week, I'm not
>> terribly interested in using this guy's software. Are there any
>> passable alternatives to Mongrel out there?
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