i have just noticed that when i run rails on my lighttpd server my context switching goes from a normal 30 ctx switches per second to about 200 per second. this seems excessive. this could be more of a lighttpd question but i would be interested in other peoples'' views. i am running lighttpd 1.4.6 using fastcgi (i have seen the thread on scgi but have not done anything about it yet!) (need more info, just ask.) -felix