On 10/22/07, Jeremy Wilkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got an app which will only be dealing with a few requests a > minute for most of the time, then will shoot up to a continuous 20 > req/s for an hour at a time. We'll potentially be running a lot of > instances of this app on the same server.
How fast is your app? How many mongrels do you figure you need to handle that volume? > Is there any way to have additional instances of Mongrel be started > when the existing instance(s) stopping being able to handle the > volume of traffic. I could preload adequate instances to cope with > peak traffic but that will result in a lot of instances sitting idle > for the majority of the time. I am working on something that will do exactly that. It's not ready for public consumption, but it will permit one to have a mongrel cluster that self adjusts to the load it is receiving, with real time reporting of cluster status. Kirk Haines _______________________________________________ Mongrel-users mailing list Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users
