# Would multithreaded rails be faster?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/would-multithreaded-rails-be-faster/113882>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 5, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/would-multithreaded-rails-be-faster/113882 "2007-09-05T21:51:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/would-multithreaded-rails-be-faster/113882/1 "2007-09-05T21:51:03Z")

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So here’s a random question: if a (Ruby) multi-threaded rails could  
exist, would it be faster than using a mongrel cluster? (I.e. 10 mongrel  
processes versus 10 Ruby threads). I’m not sure if it would. RAM it  
might save, though. Any thoughts?  
-Roger