# Which is efficient fastcgi or mingrel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Deployment\ **Created:** [August 13, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-efficient-fastcgi-or-mingrel/111946 "2007-08-13T19:46:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![swaroopkanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@swaroopkanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swaroopkanth)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-efficient-fastcgi-or-mingrel/111946/1 "2007-08-13T19:46:23Z")
which is efficient,fastcgi or mingrel? ---
**Author:** ![swaroopkanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@swaroopkanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swaroopkanth)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-efficient-fastcgi-or-mingrel/111946/2 "2007-08-13T20:31:46Z")
On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 19:46 +0200, Swaroop Kanth wrote: > which is efficient,fastcgi or mingrel? Typo? Definitely go with mongrel\_rails. The servers have run so much faster, and more reliably since converted most of the sites from fastcgi to mongrel\_rails with a proxy balancer. Nginx, and “apache mod\_proxy” are both good solutions for this. Nginx will put the least load on your servers, and is about the most stable server application I have ever seen. Apache has the advantage that it can serve up practically any kind of content, so for people who have all kinds of stuff like rails, php, and mod\_perl stuff all on the same site it will usually be easier to just use apache as the proxy balancer. ## Cheers! Daniel J. Systems Administrator PLANET ARGON, LLC Ruby on Rails Development, Consulting & Hosting > **[Planet Argon](https://www.planetargon.com/)** > > Planet Argon is a Ruby on Rails development agency specializing in maintenance and support for existing Rails apps. Based in Portland, OR, Planet Argon has been a member of the Rails community since 2004. [http://teknot.us](http://teknot.us) [blog] teknotus [freenode IRC] +1 503 445 2457 +1 877 55 ARGON [toll free] +1 815 642 4068 [fax] ---
**Author:** ![swaroopkanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@swaroopkanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swaroopkanth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-efficient-fastcgi-or-mingrel/111946/3 "2007-08-14T19:00:40Z")
On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 01:44 +0200, D. Krmpotic wrote: > thanx > david Nginx was originally developed in Russia, and as such most of the original documentation is only in Russian. There is an English wiki however with very good documentation. [http://wiki.codemongers.com/Main?action=show&redirect=Nginx](http://wiki.codemongers.com/Main?action=show&redirect=Nginx) Nginx config files seem to use whatever domain name is listed first as the default domain, so if a page request doesn’t match the pattern for any of the vhosts then it will serve that one by default. You also need to be explicit with accepting subdomains, or wildcard subdomains or you will end up having those all go to the default domain. It’s important to check the nginx log files to see what is going on. If there is a syntax error in the config it will revert to default behavior, and ignore all of your configuration. This example that we use with PLANET ARGON hosting might help you though I’m sure you would have to modify it for your needs. [http://docs.planetargon.com/Nginx\_Configuration](http://docs.planetargon.com/Nginx_Configuration) – Daniel J. Systems Administrator PLANET ARGON, LLC Ruby on Rails Development, Consulting & Hosting > **[Planet Argon](https://www.planetargon.com/)** > > Planet Argon is a Ruby on Rails development agency specializing in maintenance and support for existing Rails apps. Based in Portland, OR, Planet Argon has been a member of the Rails community since 2004. [http://teknot.us](http://teknot.us) [blog] teknotus [freenode IRC] +1 503 445 2457 +1 877 55 ARGON [toll free] +1 815 642 4068 [fax] ---
**Author:** ![swaroopkanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@swaroopkanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swaroopkanth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-efficient-fastcgi-or-mingrel/111946/4 "2007-08-14T01:44:41Z")
Definitelly Nginx + Mongrel is a great combo… Does anyone know how exactly Nginx configuration works? By default there is no path under Location / {} and still “Welcome to Nginx” is displayed… is Nginx actually serving some file or does it have set internally IF no path then produce welcome message…? Also curious about server\_name… if I specify [www.server.com](http://www.server.com) there, I can still access this vhost with some other uri, that also points to the same ip (but is not listed in server\_name line)… how come? thanx david ---
**Author:** ![swaroopkanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@swaroopkanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swaroopkanth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-efficient-fastcgi-or-mingrel/111946/5 "2007-08-14T20:31:51Z")
I know this is out of fashion, but isn’t Apache + mod\_fcgid also fast ? mod\_fcgid also manages the number of fast-cgi processes by itself so you don’t have to decide in advance how many ‘server instances’ to run. (It kills unnecessary instances ans spawns fresh ones on demand). Is it that bad an option ? Nadav On Aug 13, 9:29 pm, Daniel Patrick Johnson ---
**Author:** ![swaroopkanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@swaroopkanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swaroopkanth)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-efficient-fastcgi-or-mingrel/111946/6 "2007-08-15T01:28:21Z")
Nadav, ``` I wouldn't say there is a performance issue (not without a ``` benchmark in my hands) but FastCGI is a complex protocol, Apache’s implementation can be quite difficult to manage and keep running smoothly. Many people prefer to setup a Lighttpd or a Nginx to talk proxy to Apache and let those do the FastCGI stuff. – Aníbal Rojas > **[Home - Has Many Developers](https://hasmanydevelopers.com/)** > > We are the best choice for your building design and development > **[RUBYCORNER.COM](https://www.rubycorner.com/)** > > RUBYCORNER.COM - Contact us for any business inquiries > **[Sin título](https://www.tumblr.com/anibal)** > > Follow @anibal and get more of the good stuff by joining Tumblr today. Dive in!