Not sure if you saw this or not a few weeks ago: http://apocryph.org/analysis_ruby_18x_http_client_performance
But anyway, I looked for alternatives to Net::HTTP and saw this: http://github.com/jfairbairn/fasthttp/tree/eventmachine however I'm not sure how "well" it works as I haven't had time to play with it myself. Any takers on some profiling? Brad ________________________________ From: Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: couchdb-user@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:58:26 PM Subject: couchdb's ruby libraries are hampered by Net:HTTP slowness Hi everyone, I did some profiling and benchmarking on couchdb and ruby, and found out that connecting via couchrest was abnormally slow, and found that Net::HTTP appears to be at fault. This is relevant for building production-quality ruby http clients to interface with couchdb. Here's my full writeup: http://ducktyped.com/2008/10/28/couchdb-ruby-libraries-are-fundamentally-flawed Thoughts? Thanks, Ben
