[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-06-13 Thread Roderick van Domburg

Pokkai Dokkai wrote:
> what is the best linux version for rails project ?
>  and what is the best databse for rails project ?

We tend to use CentOS (or RHEL if the customer requires a high SLA). 
It's got Ruby 1.8.5 and then we install RubyGems from source (I think 
the packaged RubyGems version is 0.9 still). Nice thing is that all 
major third-party software is guaranteed to work with RHEL (and thus 
CentOS), that it doesn't require forced upgrade and has a long support 
cycle. And if you're into Xen, well than that's got some amazing backing 
too.

Out of the box it comes with PostgreSQL 8.1 which incidentally is our 
database server of choice. It's fast (though it requires tuning to get 
there), got excellent ACID properties and has never failed on us even 
with large datasets. If so required it can do synchronous replication 
and parallelization too.

For specialty cases we set up JRuby or hand-compile Ruby 1.8.6.

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[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-06-12 Thread glennswest

I've got newest app running with ubuntu server edition (Latest
Release) on a vm. WOrks great.
I'm running with Mongrel/Mongrel Cluster/Nginx. Even got image magik,
and filecolumn to work in one day.

The other "solution" would be elastic.
It can "generate" a vm ready to run with the rails stack you want.


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[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-06-06 Thread Edgard Castro

There's no simple answer to this question, as there is no "best" Linux.

But if you have to have an answer, I would go with latest Debian stable 
(4.0 as of now) and PostgreSQL.
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[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-05-22 Thread Ryan Bigg (Radar)
Best is such an ugly word.

There is no "best". Each will have its pros and cons.

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[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-05-22 Thread Tom Copeland


On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 12:19 -0700, Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:
>   And I will agree that postgres is a better database then mysql in  
> most cases> But I will still choose mysql for one major reason...  
> replication. Postgres has no built in replication except for WAL file  
> replication which means the slave is in recovery mode and you cannot  
> run queries against it. If you are sure that you will never need to  
> scale past one db server then psql is probably a better choice but if  
> you will need to scale then mysql beats postgres hands down when it  
> comes to master, slave and master master replication.

Yup, this is a PostgreSQL limitation.  Slony is the non-WAL replication
solution, but I hear tell that Slony and Rails (specifically, AR
migrations) don't play so well together either... boo.

That said, I've used PostgreSQL on a bunch of apps and always been happy
with it.  I've always kind of figured that if I got a DB that was too
big for one box I'd shard the data or something...

Yours,

Tom



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[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-05-22 Thread Raul
Also very good info, Ericson.  Thanks for the follow up!

Raul

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  Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 12:37 PM
  Subject: [Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project


  Just to expound on Ezra's call..

  There are replication solutions for Postgresql, but not as easy to use as 
MySQL. Just so you know, Skype uses Postgresql for their backend.
  http://highscalability.com/skype-plans-postgresql-scale-1-billion-users

  - Ericson Smith
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  On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Raul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



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From: "Ezra Zygmuntowicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 12:19 PM

>
> And I will agree that postgres is a better database then mysql in
> most cases> But I will still choose mysql for one major reason...
> replication. Postgres has no built in replication except for WAL file
> replication which means the slave is in recovery mode and you cannot
> run queries against it. If you are sure that you will never need to
> scale past one db server then psql is probably a better choice but if
> you will need to scale then mysql beats postgres hands down when it
> comes to master, slave and master master replication.
>


This is excellent to know!  Thanks

Raul







  

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[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-05-22 Thread Ericson Smith
Just to expound on Ezra's call..

There are replication solutions for Postgresql, but not as easy to use as
MySQL. Just so you know, Skype uses Postgresql for their backend.
http://highscalability.com/skype-plans-postgresql-scale-1-billion-users

- Ericson Smith
CTO
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On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Raul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Ezra Zygmuntowicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 12:19 PM
>
> >
> > And I will agree that postgres is a better database then mysql in
> > most cases> But I will still choose mysql for one major reason...
> > replication. Postgres has no built in replication except for WAL file
> > replication which means the slave is in recovery mode and you cannot
> > run queries against it. If you are sure that you will never need to
> > scale past one db server then psql is probably a better choice but if
> > you will need to scale then mysql beats postgres hands down when it
> > comes to master, slave and master master replication.
> >
>
> This is excellent to know!  Thanks
>
> Raul
>
>
> >
>

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[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-05-22 Thread Raul


- Original Message - 
From: "Ezra Zygmuntowicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 12:19 PM

> 
> And I will agree that postgres is a better database then mysql in  
> most cases> But I will still choose mysql for one major reason...  
> replication. Postgres has no built in replication except for WAL file  
> replication which means the slave is in recovery mode and you cannot  
> run queries against it. If you are sure that you will never need to  
> scale past one db server then psql is probably a better choice but if  
> you will need to scale then mysql beats postgres hands down when it  
> comes to master, slave and master master replication.
> 

This is excellent to know!  Thanks 

Raul


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[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-05-22 Thread Ezra Zygmuntowicz


On May 16, 2008, at 10:39 AM, Robby Russell wrote:
>
> On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 12:51 AM, Pokkai Dokkai
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> what is the best linux version for rails project ?
>
> This is a good question for your system administrator. It's whatever
> you/they fill the most comfortable with maintaining.

I'll agree with this, but throw out my personal preference of Gentoo  
linux ;)


>
>
>> and what is the best databse for rails project ?
>
> PostgreSQL. There is a huge *community* behind it... kind of like Ruby
> and Rails. ;-)



And I will agree that postgres is a better database then mysql in  
most cases> But I will still choose mysql for one major reason...  
replication. Postgres has no built in replication except for WAL file  
replication which means the slave is in recovery mode and you cannot  
run queries against it. If you are sure that you will never need to  
scale past one db server then psql is probably a better choice but if  
you will need to scale then mysql beats postgres hands down when it  
comes to master, slave and master master replication.

Cheers-

- Ezra Zygmuntowicz
-- Founder & Software Architect
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- EngineYard.com


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[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-05-22 Thread Raul
I've had great luck with Centos as well.

I've been using MySQL and that's been fine.  I was using SQL Server for years 
and MySQL has impressed me. I keep hearing good things about PostgreSQL so I 
must have a look at that guy.

Raul

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  Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 4:31 AM
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  I'll have to agree with Robby as far as Postgresql for database.
  We use redhat enterprise 5 here (not cheap) but Fedora is close to it; after 
all fedora is the testing distro for Redhat.


  On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Mahalingam Mr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Pokkai Dokkai wrote:

> what is the best linux version for rails project ?


upto my knowledge Ubuntu is doing good with updates, communities and
forums



>  and what is the best databse for rails project ?


in case of database it is MYSQL..


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[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-05-22 Thread Greg Newman
I'll have to agree with Robby as far as Postgresql for database.
We use redhat enterprise 5 here (not cheap) but Fedora is close to it; after
all fedora is the testing distro for Redhat.

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Mahalingam Mr <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Pokkai Dokkai wrote:
>
> > what is the best linux version for rails project ?
>
> upto my knowledge Ubuntu is doing good with updates, communities and
> forums
>
>
> >  and what is the best databse for rails project ?
>
> in case of database it is MYSQL..
>
>
> Mahalingam
> Sr.Sys.Admin
> Railsfactory
>
> http://www.railsfactory.com
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[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-05-22 Thread Mahalingam Mr

Pokkai Dokkai wrote:

> what is the best linux version for rails project ?

upto my knowledge Ubuntu is doing good with updates, communities and 
forums


>  and what is the best databse for rails project ?

in case of database it is MYSQL..


Mahalingam
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[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-05-16 Thread Robby Russell

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 12:51 AM, Pokkai Dokkai
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> what is the best linux version for rails project ?

This is a good question for your system administrator. It's whatever
you/they fill the most comfortable with maintaining.

>  and what is the best databse for rails project ?

PostgreSQL. There is a huge *community* behind it... kind of like Ruby
and Rails. ;-)


Cheers,
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[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-05-16 Thread Ar Chron

Pokkai Dokkai wrote:
> what is the best linux version for rails project ?

The one you already know!

>  and what is the best databse for rails project ?

I've been a fan of MySQL for a couple of years now, performance is good, 
and now it has a BIG industry gorilla behind it.
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[Rails-deploy] Re: what is the best linux version for rails project

2008-05-10 Thread Raul Rubio

Well, I ended up with Centos 4.6 for my servers because of the great  
Red Hat EL docs and books available. Pus I was coming from Windows/SQL  
Server Sys Admin so I needed lots of docs and a GUI.  I went with  
mySQL for the database because there were lots of tutorials etc and  
performance has actually impressed me. I haven't gotten to the stored  
procedure or view support features yet as I switched my focus to  
programming Ruby/Rails but on a server with lots of processing /memory  
and a tweaked config it's running great.

I hope this helps somewhat.

Raul



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