Rails - Jun 2006 - Debian vs Ubuntu for a postgresql database + rails

I''m going to be getting a VPS at rimuhosting.com, and it''ll
only run
postgresql and an app that uses AR/ActionSupport.  I always use
FreeBSD, but in this case my options are limited to RHEL4, FC5, Debian
and Ubuntu.  I figure Debian and Ubuntu are probably preferable...so
which one should I go with?  This will not run an email, ftp, or web
server - just postgresql 8.1 plus a Ruby app of mine.  Any
suggestions?

Pat

Pat Maddox wrote:
> I''m going to be getting a VPS at rimuhosting.com, and
it''ll only run
> postgresql and an app that uses AR/ActionSupport.  I always use
> FreeBSD, but in this case my options are limited to RHEL4, FC5, Debian
> and Ubuntu.  I figure Debian and Ubuntu are probably preferable...so
> which one should I go with?  This will not run an email, ftp, or web
> server - just postgresql 8.1 plus a Ruby app of mine.  Any
> suggestions?
> 
> Pat
Pat Maddox wrote:
> I''m going to be getting a VPS at rimuhosting.com, and
it''ll only run
> postgresql and an app that uses AR/ActionSupport.  I always use
> FreeBSD, but in this case my options are limited to RHEL4, FC5, Debian
> and Ubuntu.  I figure Debian and Ubuntu are probably preferable...so
> which one should I go with?  This will not run an email, ftp, or web
> server - just postgresql 8.1 plus a Ruby app of mine.  Any
> suggestions?
> 
> Pat
I don?t think you will have any troubles with either so it?s really what 
you prefer.

I use Debian (sarge) on my production server and Ubuntu (dapper drake) 
for my development box and haven?t ever had issues with either.

Specifically I use Apache 2.0 with fcgid which is available from the 
default repositories and Postgres 8.? from optional repositories 
(backports/universe) on both.

But the biggest issue will be how you want to manage ruby/gems/rails.

Your options are basically?

  1. Ruby/Rails from optional repository and no gems
  2. Ruby from optional repository and gems from source and rails from 
gems
  3. Ruby/Gems from source and Rails from gems


So far I''ve always opted for #3 and built them all from source.  My 
intention in the future is to use #2 with Ubuntu server.  I?d personally 
recommend avoiding #1 unless you?re sure that all the gems you want to 
use have been packaged.

My production sever only has a few low traffic apps to contend with but 
this setup on a Athalon XP 2100+ with 1GB of ram provides almost exactly 
150 (simple) pages a second.



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