If you don't want to fiddle with Mongrel or FCGI on your VPS, I highly recommend Litespeed Web Server. The free version runs quite nicely and their LSAPI is significantly faster than FCGI. The big bonus is being able to configure your Rails apps from a web interface. When we launched kckcc.edu in January, we used Litespeed (purchased 2-cpu version) and were quite happy with it.
Sean Andrew Klein wrote: > Hello Ryan! > > Welcome to Radiant on Dreamhost! To sum it up, Dreamhost's support for > Rails in general SUCKS. They run on a dynamic-count fcgi setup and they > will not do anything to help you. After 2 months of back and forth with > their support, they will not do ANYTHING to their default box setup. > 'It's set up for a reason' attitude. Problem with Dreamhost is by > default they put a cap on you for 200MB RAM usage, and as soon as you > get --5-- processes running of Radiant or any slightly-heavier Rails > script up, you will git that point and their process killer will > ruthlessly start killing your processes; As well, I found if I got too > fast of traffic with them, my CPU would spike HARD (From the dynamic > fcgi launching) and it too then would kill the processes. For many > sites, a fixed 2-process fcgi setup would do well, it cuts down on > memory usage overall and you get some serious speed increases because > you're not relaunching a process over and over (As soon as one of the 5 > processes die down, it kills them too, with how DreamHost is set up) - I > couldn't handle 500-600 visitors with DreamHost at all. Impossible. My > site would be down for 40-50 minutes out of every hour, just because of > apache taking a moment to respawn a ruthlessly-killed fcgi thread(s). I > couldn't imagine trying to manage them with the 1500-2200 visitors I get > daily now. > > Myself? I chose to host my own system. Rather than a dedicated box, I > went for a VPS, which has been actually very rewarding, but let me tell > you, getting a Mongrel cluster set up and optimized is a headache you > may NOT want to partake in. > > If you don't want to manage your own hosting (As your email seems to > point out) there are solutions, depending on the $ you're looking to > spend. There are plenty of services, but the one that pops into my head > is http://www.hostingrails.com/ - They offer cheaper fcgi (Which I > likely wouldn't touch again due to the dynamic allocation issues I had > on DreamHost), or starting at $9.79, you can go Mongrel or $13.98 and up > for Mongrel Cluster. > > Just because it says 'Rails' on their features page, does NOT mean they > have any clue how to run a Rails service. It's like saying 'Free diamond > ring with any purchase!' and then giving you a plastic ring with a > diamond chip taped to it. > > Anyways, hope this helps. > Andrew > > > Ryan Heneise wrote: > >> What are your best experiences with web hosts for Radiant? Are there >> any hosts that are particularly Radiant-friendly? Where do you host >> your Radiant sites now? Are you happy with them? >> >> I'll start... >> >> I've been hosting several Radiant sites on Dreamhost, but I've been >> only marginally happy with the service. It tends to be pretty slow at >> times. >> >> I've had the best luck with my own server, which is a colocated Apple >> Xserve. I have full control over it, but it is a pain to manage, and I >> don't like being stuck with the full liability of hosting customers' >> sites _and_ email and all that goes with it. On the other hand, Xserve >> is an awesome environment for Rails/Radiant. And I'm really looking >> forward to trying Leopard server - it really seems ideal for this sort >> of thing. >> >> - Ryan >> _______________________________________________ >> Radiant mailing list >> Post: Radiant@lists.radiantcms.org >> Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ >> Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Radiant mailing list > Post: Radiant@lists.radiantcms.org > Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant > > _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: Radiant@lists.radiantcms.org Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
