Best Production Server to Use

Rails
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With Litespeed, the allocation of server processes is dynamic.
Meaning, it can fluctuate depending on load, available memory and
other factors. Litespeed can kill off or spawn new processes as
needed. And the spawning is very fast, too.
[…]
So Litespeed works like apache and mod_php? No other server is needed?
No load-balancing? I can run several application in one domain?
But I have to pay for it if it runs on a server with more than a single
CPU?
Sorry for the questions, I’m a newbie to RoR and I try to understand how
it acts compared to php I’m currently using.

Martin

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Peter B. wrote:

You will find that Litespeed operates more or less exactly like apache
and mod_php. It is completely beyond me why people persist in using
mongrel clusters nowadays.

Maybe because it works for them and is more extensible ?
Just one question : how do you upload huge files (I have a client which
routinely exchanges CD images over FTP and is migrating to HTTP so this
is a real-life scenario) without using huge amounts of memory on
Litespeed + RoR ? Is anything like the mongrel/merb upload-progress bars
solutions available ?

Litespeed is so much faster and easier to
use.

The in-kernel Linux http daemon was even faster and easier to use (could
only serve static files initially so basically no configuration). That
didn’t make it better in general…

I can hack Apache/Lighttpd/Nginx sources and actually did so for Apache
and Nginx for business purposes. I can’t with Litespeed so I’ll restrict
my business opportunities or rely on the editor to implement the changes
I need.

So if you need flexibility like me Litespeed is out right away.

Lionel

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On Mar 19, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Martin wrote:

So Litespeed works like apache and mod_php?

Yes.

No other server is needed?

No.

No load-balancing?

It load balances automatically in term of creating and destroying
server processes on the same box, just like apache+mod_php. (If you
want to distribute your load over several boxes you have to use the
standard means of doing so, just like with any solution.)

I can run several application in one domain?

Yes.

But I have to pay for it if it runs on a server with more than a
single CPU?

No. This is a common misconception. You can run Litespeed on
multiprocessor boxes, but it will only utilize one processor in that
case. The free version supports up to 150 simultaneous requests, which
is extremely high. You won’t hit that ceiling in a long, long time.
You can regard the free version as more or less unlimited.

Sorry for the questions, I’m a newbie to RoR and I try to understand
how
it acts compared to php I’m currently using.

You will find that Litespeed operates more or less exactly like apache
and mod_php. It is completely beyond me why people persist in using
mongrel clusters nowadays. Litespeed is so much faster and easier to
use.

/ Peter