How make persistent in-memory objects?

You could use the built-in Ruby SDBM persistent hashing solution. It's extremely fast and will run under Rails or any Ruby application on any web server. The best part is it's included in Ruby - no plugins or gems!

I covered it on one of my earlier Rubyology screencasts (http:// rubyology.com/mp3s/rubyology25.mov).

Cheers, Chris Matthieu http://www.rubyology.com