# Performance Monitoring tool for Rails! **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 25, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/performance-monitoring-tool-for-rails/149452 "2008-09-25T00:16:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinooz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Dinooz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dinooz)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/performance-monitoring-tool-for-rails/149452/1 "2008-09-25T00:16:33Z")
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