I would definitely give Thin a try. I got over 500 rps on a simple
hello world dynamic page.

AEM

On Jan 18, 3:15 pm, Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm testing a deployment on a dedicated server (dual core AMD with
> about 2GB ram, 100Mbps uplink) with Apache 2.2.3 (CentOS 5 build from
> yum), mod proxy balancer, and mongrel.
>
> I can get Apache to serve static files at around 1200 requests per
> second, which I am happy with. However I can't get dynamic pages
> (hello world controller through mongrel) to go more than 160 req per
> second. One mongrel gives me about 90, then 2 or more is 160. So the
> benefits seem to max out at only 2 mongrels.
>
> I've used all the different conf files out there (everyone's seem to
> look completely different), but the result is basically the same.
>
> I found this in the Mongrel docs:
>
> "Jason Hoffman reports:
>
>     Apache's mod_proxy_balancer module is a fully blocking module and
> with the default httpd.conf you're going to max out in the 120-160
> requests/ second range on a decent box. You can tune up its proxying
> to about a 1000 req/sec. So yes the net result is that you can really
> only put a couple of mongrels behind apache's proxy engine (about 2
> "hello world" rails mongrels)."
>
> Can't find any more documentation on the subject though. Any ideas?
> I'm aware of nginx and would love to test it out someday, but for now
> I'd like to know what apache is capable of. I've seen enough people
> recommending it to think that there must be a way to get better than
> 160 requests per second.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks
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