From: Daniel Baird <danielbaird@...>
Date: 2006-04-05T12:43:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Apache with Ruby

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On 05/04/06, john_sips_tea@yahoo.com <john_sips_tea@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Just curious David, why choose mod_fastcgi over mod_ruby?



afaik:

mod_ruby lives in every instance of the server -- so if you have five apach=
e
processes serving ruby stuff, and five processes serving static content, yo=
u
have the ruby interpreter loaded into memory ten times over.

fast cgi gives you the benefit of a long running ruby interpreter (ie unlik=
e
normal cgi, where the ruby interp has to start up fresh for every request),
but still keeps ruby out of the apache footprint, so the Apache process tha=
t
is serving your fav_icon doesn't pay the ruby memory tax.

that's my impression at least -- but I have been humbled in these forums
before, and probably will be again :)

;Daniel


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