I'm considering moving from my Lighttpd + FCGI setup to some server
(Apache, Nginx, or Lighttpd) balancing a Mongrel cluster. As you
know, everyone has different opinions about which setup is best.
I have 512 MB VPS, currently running the LxAdmin control panel.
I have two questions:
1) Can anyone with similar setup recommend a good Mongrel cluster-
based setup for a VPS of this size?
2) One way I'm looking to free up resources is by not using a control
panel, say if I move to Nginx. I'm certainly not a seasoned admin,
but I can manage via the command line. How necessary is a control
panel, in your experience, given that I want to manage a single Rails
app that on my VPS? What features are most necessary?
(I think i would need to manage DNS and database backups at least,
right?)
I'm considering moving from my Lighttpd + FCGI setup to some server
(Apache, Nginx, or Lighttpd) balancing a Mongrel cluster. As you
know, everyone has different opinions about which setup is best.
I have 512 MB VPS, currently running the LxAdmin control panel.
I have two questions:
If you don't have an insane amount of traffic (and I'm guessing you don't if it's a single 512mb vps) you might want to look into Litespeed as well. The free (not open source, but free) version has a restriction of 150 connections (not 150 reqs/sec, but simultaneous connections).
One nice thing about it is it can automatically start/stop rails processes as needed...
I use it to run several rails apps that get little traffic (ie. just me usually) and 99% of the time no rails processes are running at all..
Thanks. But I suppose like many people, I'm hoping to have a lot more
traffic someday!
So I was looking for a good foundation which will scale relatively
easily.
Thanks. But I suppose like many people, I'm hoping to have a lot more
traffic someday!
So I was looking for a good foundation which will scale relatively
easily.
Who isn't But... at 150 max connections... let's say each connection
takes a second (which is probably too long, but for arguments sake)...
150 * 60 * 60 * 24 = 12,960,000 *pages* per day.
That's a *lot* of traffic. Assuming of course it's all nicely spread out
I'm not pushing you into litespeed, it just seems to work pretty well and
have a high enough ceiling that most folks aren't going to hit it any time
soon.
I'm considering moving from my Lighttpd + FCGI setup to some server
(Apache, Nginx, or Lighttpd) balancing a Mongrel cluster. As you
know, everyone has different opinions about which setup is best.
I have 512 MB VPS, currently running the LxAdmin control panel.
I have two questions:
1) Can anyone with similar setup recommend a good Mongrel cluster-
based setup for a VPS of this size?
cch:There is an excellent book which can be purchased as a
PDF(Pragmatic Programmers).
Just google for "Rails Deployment".Just read itlast nite and there is
a section that covers VPS
But... at 150 max connections... let's say each connection
takes a second (which is probably too long, but for arguments sake)...