On Apr 28, 2011, at 4:17 PM, Ben Hughes wrote: > Are you sure the rubies are identical machine-to-machine? I hear that the > Ubuntu binaries are pretty terrible and that compiling ruby is the best bet > (preferably via RVM).
I installed using rvm. Actually, that is slightly different: on my Mac I have ruby 1.9.2p0, while the server has 1.9.2p180. I might look into that. > This might have something to do with garbage collection - many > hard-to-diagnose performance issues do. Are you dealing with a ton of Ruby > objects whereby the garbage collector might be running mid-action and > wreaking havoc? Nothing particularly extreme. > Still though, that is an enormous difference. Are you able to share the code > for that particular action? Not easily; the code is a bit scattered around. -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
