# When to add mongrel clusters

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/when-to-add-mongrel-clusters/149059>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 19, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/when-to-add-mongrel-clusters/149059 "2008-09-19T21:35:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![morningovermidnight](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@morningovermidnight](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/morningovermidnight)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/when-to-add-mongrel-clusters/149059/1 "2008-09-19T21:35:30Z")

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I am running a website right now on one mongrel. Things are going well  
at present, but of course I expect the site to grow and need to know  
when, how, and perhaps IF i need to add mongrel clusters. Isn’t adding  
mongrel clusters the way to scale a RoR website? Is there another way  
that I don’t know about?

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**Author:** ![morningovermidnight](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@morningovermidnight](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/morningovermidnight)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/when-to-add-mongrel-clusters/149059/2 "2008-09-19T23:05:13Z")

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You may wanna take a look at mod\_rails ([http://www.modrails.com/](http://www.modrails.com/)),  
much easier to configure and the performance appears to be as good or  
better for most apps.

It’s never too soon to move to a high performance app server;-)

On Sep 19, 12:01 pm, morningovermidnight