Hi, I know Mongrel is one of the best performing methods to host rails. I know CGI is to be avoided because the ruby interpreter and the rails framework have to be loaded for every request. I know FastCGI is faster then CGI (what's in a name :-D ) because is works with a long-running proces, so that the ruby interpreter, the rails framework, the database connection, ... only have to be loaded once. And I do know that this has an influence on CPU and RAM usage (shared environments!).
What I don't know is the reason why Mongrel performs better: How does http work compared to (fast)cgi? Why is it fast? Does it need a lot of CPU power or RAM, ...? Does it only work with Apache, or can you use any server? What exactly is Mongrel? Is it a server? An extension? ... I don't find answers to these questions on the Mongrel homepage... I only find guides to install it (which is super-easy by the way - as easy a using Webrick). Can anybody help me out please? regards, Johan. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deploying Rails" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-deployment@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-deployment?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
