[Rails] Rails *that* slow?

[Philip Hallstrom]

> I wasn't planning on starting a cluster of application servers.
> I was just wondering what might be effective for splitting static and
> dynamic pages apart.
>
> But you mentioned mod_proxy as one way of getting speed which would be
> quite effective.  I supposed lighttpd does not do this?

I haven't tried it, but I think in 1.5.0 it does...

http://blog.lighttpd.net/articles/2006/07/15/the-new-mod_proxy_core

>
> On 8/8/2006, "s.ross" <cwdinfo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> You can use mod_proxy to forward given ports to your mongrels. You can use
>> mongrel_cluster to start multiple mongrels at a time. Mongrel can serve
>> static content, although I'm not sure what the efficiency of that is. Maybe
>> Zed can weigh in on a good configuration.
>>
>>
>> Tom Allison wrote:
>>>
>>> Running Mongrel with Apache?
>>>
>>> I'm frighteningly new to Rails (with about 6 months of Ruby) and have
>>> some really simple questions about Rails based on some past experiences
>>> I've had with other (perl) frameworks.
>>>
>>> First, how do you manage static pages?  In another world I would just
>>> use Template under perl and build static HTML.  Under perls HTML::Mason
>>> I would set the cache and have no refresh (or weekly).
>>> Is this essentially the approach you have under Rails -- cache for days?
>>>
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