Hello all, My team and I plan on releasing our Rails startup soon, but we''re not sure which server to use. Nginx? Litespeed? Apache? We''re going to use SliceHost (a 512MB slice) if that helps. I''ve played around with Litespeed, and it''s nice not having to deal with any mongrel clusters, etc. Apache is what I use on my personal computer, so I feel comfortable and have the most experience with that. And with the release of mod_rails, it''s _really_ tempting to use Apache. (Never used nginx before.) So, what do you guys think would be the best one to handle massive load (e.g.: the "digg effect") (probably wishful thinking, but it''s better to be safe than sorry) when dealing with 512MB. Or should we go for the 1024MB slice? Thanks everyone! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I think the conventional wisdom is to purchase the server you need now, and worry about scaling when you really need it. From what I hear, Slicehost makes it easy to upgrade. All the servers you mentioned are really fast at serving static pages, so I think any one of them would probably be fine. Pick what''s easiest to configure and deploy for you needs. If you really plan on getting Dugg, I would say that your Rails app is going to be a more likely bottleneck than your webserver. Making sure you''re caching your site properly, and have it tweaked for performance. If you expect a sudden influx of traffic, it might be a good idea to contact your host, and let them know, so they can work with you on handling it properly. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Personally, I would stick with the 512mb slice for now and go with Apache + mod_rails OR nginx + thin cluster. You really can''t go wrong either way. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
We''ve been using 256MB slice with LiteSpeed for an "incubator" site and been pretty pleased with the results so far. The thing that LS has in its favor is that it can spin up/down instances as you need them (rather than statically creating them with the more memory intensive mongrel/clusters). On Apr 14, 7:20 pm, AtsoK <luckyd...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hello all, > > My team and I plan on releasing our Rails startup soon, but we''re not > sure which server to use. Nginx? Litespeed? Apache? We''re going to use > SliceHost (a 512MB slice) if that helps. > > I''ve played around with Litespeed, and it''s nice not having to deal > with any mongrel clusters, etc. Apache is what I use on my personal > computer, so I feel comfortable and have the most experience with > that. And with the release of mod_rails, it''s _really_ tempting to use > Apache. (Never used nginx before.) > > So, what do you guys think would be the best one to handle massive > load (e.g.: the "digg effect") (probably wishful thinking, but it''s > better to be safe than sorry) when dealing with 512MB. Or should we go > for the 1024MB slice? > > Thanks everyone!--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---