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Jay,

I have to concur with m' colleague Mr England that mongrel, apache2 + 
mod proxy and rails is a delight. Fast -cgi was  nothing but a pain from 
day one. If you need a hand or some pointers feel free to give us a shout.

Cheers,

T

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Jay Caines-Gooby wrote:
> My current webserver setup is Debian Sarge with Apache2 and Ruby & PHP
> both run from FastCGI.
>
> The main box is crashing on a random basis and I'm now ready to point
> the finger at Apache2 + FastCGI, which anecdotally is known to be
> "unstable at times".
>
> I've just read http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/01/02/fastcgi-scgi-and-apache-background-and-future/
> and my head's spinning a bit.
>
> Before I reach the point where I can't change my backend, I'd like to
> get a stable, scalable server set-up. It must run Rails & PHP.
>
> Currently I'm tempted to just ditch Apache entirely and go down the
> lighttpd + fastcgi route, but I also like the look of:
>
> http://blog.codahale.com/2006/06/19/time-for-a-grown-up-server-rails-mongrel-apache-capistrano-and-you/
>
> Anyone been through similar growing pains and want to share the love?
>
> The common thread between the two posts linked above is that both
> mention Apache and mod_proxy as a front end. Any Zope people care to
> comment?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jay
>
>