# Modrails **URL:** \ **Category:** Deployment\ **Created:** [April 18, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modrails/135184 "2008-04-18T23:04:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![remcoh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@remcoh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/remcoh)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modrails/135184/1 "2008-04-18T23:04:26Z")
i just discovered this and i find it very strange nobody mentioned it on this forum yet. i think it is great news: an apache module for rails, super easy deployment, ideal for shared hosting and even a little faster than mongrel. they claim it is very stable already > **[Passenger - Enterprise grade web app server for Ruby, Node.js, Python](https://www.phusionpassenger.com/)** > > Passenger is a rock-solid, feature-rich web app server that integrates with Apache and Nginx. Serve millions of customers with confidence cheers Remco ---
**Author:** ![remcoh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@remcoh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/remcoh)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modrails/135184/2 "2008-04-18T23:11:06Z")
Well, I’ve read a bit about it. I’m looking forward to hearing about any experiences. Raul ----- Original Message ----- From: “Remco Hh” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) To: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 2:04 PM Subject: [Rails-deploy] modrails ---
**Author:** ![remcoh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@remcoh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/remcoh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modrails/135184/3 "2008-04-19T00:45:19Z")
I would also be curious to read a review. On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Raul [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 2:04 PM > > > > > > – Greg N. Rails Developer & Designer Owner, [carbon8.us](http://carbon8.us) Blog, [20seven.org](http://20seven.org) ---
**Author:** ![remcoh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@remcoh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/remcoh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modrails/135184/4 "2008-04-19T00:54:40Z")
We’ve had people playing with it today and will continue to experiment over the weekend. We’ll have a full write up about it on Monday. Thanks, Jesse P. Blue Box Group, LLC p. 800-613-4305 x 801 ---
**Author:** ![remcoh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@remcoh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/remcoh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modrails/135184/5 "2008-04-19T02:30:31Z")
I have already installed it a played with a bunch this last week. I posted a short blog on getting it to work on the mac on my blog [http://dysinger.net/2008/04/14/installing-apache-and-mod\_rails-on-mac-os-x-leopard/](http://dysinger.net/2008/04/14/installing-apache-and-mod_rails-on-mac-os-x-leopard/) It’s a nice setup. It’s going to be on shared host provider’s sites. It’s not that big of a deal for big sites - nginx & mongrel + monit is probably the best setup to date. Ebb looks pretty cool down the road. ---
**Author:** ![remcoh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@remcoh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/remcoh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modrails/135184/6 "2008-04-19T01:07:31Z")
We put it up on a site that’s getting quite a bit of traffic now (since its closely adult in nature): [http://bangmeter.com](http://bangmeter.com) We built this test site over the weekend to see how well it would do with lots of hits all the time. This is a dual core server with 2 gigs of ram, rails 2.0.2, mysql and very little code. No caching. Things are pretty fast right now. We’re getting about 5-10 pageviews per second on the rails app. Some stats: Rails processes running: 3 memory per process: 28megs - 32megs server load: 0.04 (yes, 0.04) All in all, mod\_passenger is worth it. We’re heading into tonight when (ahem!) we should get a lot more traffic. I’ll report back tomorrow. Regards - Ericson On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Jesse P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)