On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Greg Lazarev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why do I need a cluster? Why can't I just run: > > mongrel_rails start -n 3 That starts 3 mongrel instances, each listening on a different port. > wouldn't that mean I have 3 mongrel servers running and they can handle > more load? Or do I still need something in front of these 3 servers to > distribute requests to them. Why do people use Apache infront of > Mongrel? So what about Pound? People put something in front of the mongrels because they need a way to balance the load, which is all coming into one ip/port, across multiple processes, each of which are listening on a separate port. This mechanism can be a web server with proxying capabilities, like Apache or nginx, a proxy with web serving capabilities, like Swiftiply, or a straight proxy like Pound or HAProxy. Kirk Haines _______________________________________________ Mongrel-users mailing list Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users
