Daya Sharma
2006-Aug-24 01:28 UTC
[Rails] Re: Load testing Rails on Mongrel-Lighttpd - configuration q
Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:> On Aug 23, 2006, at 12:00 PM, Daya Sharma wrote: > >> >> >> at a higher rate (assuming very heavy loads)?? >> Thanks in advance >> >> -daya >> > > Hey Daya- > > THe proxy module in lighttpd 1.4.11 is not production worhty. It has > a flaw where if a backend goes down and then gets restarted, lighty > will not re-enable it without a full restart. So I reccomend that > until lighty 1.5 is out that you do not use lighttpd as the front > proxy for your mongrel cluster. Apache2.2/mod_proxy_balancer is a > popular choice. As well as Pound for proxy/load balancing. But I have > a new favorite that is working very well. Much better then any of > these other options. I just wrote an article about it you can see here: > > http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/08/23/nginx-my-new-favorite-front- > end-for-mongrel-cluster > > > Cheers- > -EzraThanks Exra ... I will try the EngineX you mentioned ..... alas there is no win32 port as yet and at my work place I don''t have access to *nx machines. -daya -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---