Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > Adrian Wadey wrote: > [...] > > > > I need to be able to handle a large number of users (from tens to > > potentially tens of thousands) > [...] > > I fancy running it on a small linux box and was considering a wireless > > router running OpenWRT and RoR. Anyone done this? > > AFAIK a wireless router will not have the computing power necessary to > run Rails with decent performance for tens of thousands of users, at > least if you're talking about the $50 boxes you put in your house. > You'll want something a bit faster. > > However, if I understand your use case correctly (which I may not), > Rails may be overkill. If it's really just a scoreboard for spectators > already at the match, I suspect you don't need most of what Rails gives > you. Maybe Sinatra -- or even a simple PHP script or two -- would be > more suitable.
As well as the score board (which I expect to be the most used) I want people to be able to get live stats/graphs etc. as the match proceeds. I think RoR will be ideal for all the functionality I want. I don't expect a home router to be able to handle 10K users but want to make sure I'm able to head in the right direction. Initial use would be for (maybe) 10+ users at my local club. I'd like to start on a small lower power box as we don't have a mains supply :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
