From: Sascha Ebach <se@...>
Date: 2004-04-28T01:26:22+09:00
Subject: Re: How do I scale large Ruby web applications?

thanks again for all these awesome hints.

I read the docs and whitepapers on FastCGI on fastcgi.com and have a 
better understanding of what FastCGI is. It sounds very interesting even 
for using with php. As I understand it, it allows you to run different 
versions of php (or whatever) althogether. Might be nice to have an 
apache with ruby, php4 and php5 in parallel.
I didn't even suspect that fcgi processes can even run on different 
machines. Now I have something to really try.

Thanks Robert that really cleared it up for me. I knew of threadpools 
but I slightly ;) misunderstood you the first time.

Kirk, that indeed seems like a good starting point for the 
documentation. Whenever I get around testing IOWA (and I will when I am 
not so pressed for time anymore) I will likely ask questions. Don't 
expect this before June though.


Lothar, last time I checked your website the Ruby IDE wasn't ready yet. 
I just installed the preview release and I am looking forward to testing 
it. It looks great on first look. I will test if it can replace my 
beloved vim.
It seems rather confusing though that when you click on download for the 
php or python version you land on the ruby download page. 
http://www.scriptolutions.com/download_php.php. I am looking forward to 
see these editors mature.

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Sascha Ebach