Rob, I agree with one small nuance, the nginx/passenger module is pretty new and might still be slightly buggy. (some people reported issues with SSL etc..) I don't think it's a big deal and knowing the phusion guys, I wouldn't worry too much. However, you have been warned ;)
- Matt On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Rob Kaufman <rgkauf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My current preference is Nginx + Passenger + Rails + MySQL as well. > Deciding between Apache or Nginx is fairly simple in my book. If > you're an Apache guru already, or if you need to run something else on > the box that is easier in Apache (like a PHP blog, CMS, etc) choose > Apache, otherwise choose Nginx. Nginx is simpler to configure and > uses less memory, but it does not do as many tricks and Apache does. > > Best, > Rob > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:25, Matt Aimonetti <mattaimone...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Most of the official Rails sites and 37signals use: Apache + Passenger + > > Rails + MySQL > > It's the easiest deployment solution and it works very well. My only > problem > > with Passenger is that if you don't get much traffic, all the workers get > > killed and the next request coming up will take a little while. > (workarounds > > exist and the Phusion team is working on adding a min amount of workers) > > > > Also, if you want to play with passenger on your local machine, you can > find > > a really useful Passenger Panel Preference. > > (If you are comfortable using Postres, I'd probably suggest you use it > > instead of MySQL) > > > > - Matt > > > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:20 PM, liquid_rails < > cheri.anacle...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> There are several options for setting up a Rails app, e.g. > >> > >> - Nginx, Rails and Thin; PostgreSQL; > >> - Nginx, Rails and Thin; MySQL > >> - Nginx, Rails and mongrels; MySQL > >> - Apache, Rails and Mongrels; PostgreSQL > >> > >> etc., you get the idea. (See http://articles.slicehost.com/sitemap) > >> > >> Is there a general consensus as to which is the best setup in terms of > >> weight and efficiency to go with? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Cheri > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SD Ruby mailing list sdruby@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
