On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:25:34 -0700
"Alexey Verkhovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> Frankly, it's not like we had any technical reason to run Mix under
> OAS, other than to show that it can be done. It turned out easier than
> anyone expected. In the right kind of circumstances
> (Java/Oracle-dominated IT shop), I would consider using the same setup
> for a normal project. Session clustering stuff in OAS is downright
> slick.

Way to go.  Gotta blow the big guys to get ahead eh?
 
> A funny problem with JRuby is a huge difference between cold and warm
> performance (before and after JIT compiler). Running test suites is
> mostly cold, hence it is slooooooooow. Web app performance, on the
> other hand, is roughly on par with MRI, but  only after a warmup
> period. It improves significantly after the first 20 hits (when JRuby
> AST-to-bytecode compiler kicks in), and then keeps gradually getting
> better for the next several thousand hits (as JVM's bytecode-to-native
> JIT compiler is working its magick).

Yes, and with Sun and the Fowlbots making their money from servers only we 
probably won't see an improvement in start-up speed any time soon.

> > Mongrel ... has to talk to the database through ODBC off unix
> That's what Bob was talking about, yes.
> 
> > store just the session in a real man's database
> SQLServer (since version 2000, when it stopped being Sybase under
> another name), is not bad at all. Although in the market where MySQL 5
> goes for $0, selling SQLServer for some number of kilobucks should
> be... a challenge, I guess. It is definitely fast enough. Rails
> adapter => FreeTDS => SQLServer combo may not be, however.

I was more referring to the ODBC nightmare, but also SQLServer is known for 
being yet another of those databases that only a grand expert could ever speed 
up.

> This reminds me... I sometimes wonder if JRuby may be much faster than
> MRI on Windows. :)

Actually, it is, since it runs about the same speed everywhere.

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