Re: [Rails] Re: Why RoR over PHP Framework ?

On 21 Feb 2012, at 08:14, Raimon Fs wrote:

>>> - Is it true that a slow queriy on RoR lock all other concurrent
>>> connections? This was true on old RoR versions.
>>
>> This could be true in many cases, but is this really different from
>> PHP?
>> Does PHP handle requests concurrently? I'm not really sure about
>> that.
>> All the "intelligence" in wrapped up inside that Apache module and
>> there's generally only one of those.
>
> Sure I'm missing something, but in Apache you say how many workers
> want
> for PHP and that's all, with Thin/Mongrel/... you have to create them
> before, and tell ngix how many you have. Maybe the Unicorn/Passenger
> is
> the solution. I think I'm worried for things that maybe never are
> going
> to happen, as this site is for an ERP where will be used by 100/200
> persons.

FYI, we have a very large CRM/ERP application running on Rails that
serves well over the number of people you are mentioning.

If you want Rack apps such as Rails to run as an Apache module or
nginx module, then use Passenger. It follows the same mindset as the
PHP module.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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