How do you set up the system to handle static files using HAProxy?
mod_rewrite in apache or similar to front it, as you would with a
mongrel_cluster?

Does HAProxy support X-SendFile hearder?

On May 23, 4:26 pm, "Alexey Verkhovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On 5/23/07, Morten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm thinking of switching to using RubyWorks rather than keep rolling/
> > maintaining my own stack. Until now, I've used Apache2 Proxy balancer
> > for my mongrel cluster. I see that RubyWorks ships HAProxy instead.
> > Anyone care to tell me of the pros/cons using HAProxy?
>
> Cons: yet another process to manage.
>
> Pros: HAProxy (as configured in RubyWorks stack) sends only one
> request at a time to any Mongrel in the cluster, thus preventing
> requests from piling up on a Mongrel that is stuck for a long time
> inside Rails handler. As a side-effect, this also prevents Mongrels
> from allocating extra 50 Mb of RAM per process under load, which is
> important when you are running multiple relatively inactive apps on
> the same hardware.
>
> --
> Alex Verkhovsky


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