[tlug] Re: [RFC] Outline of the fast HTTP talk

[John Fremlin <john@example.com>]

Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com> writes:
> On 2008-11-04 02:18 +0000 (Tue), John Fremlin wrote:
>
>> >> (Or does mongrel have the capability to use multiple processes?)
>> 
>> Mongrel is multithreaded
>
> Err...that doesn't answer my question.
>
> My reasoning is this: Mongrel is written in Ruby web server, Ruby 1.8
> does not support native OS threads, but only its own in-process "green"
> threads, and therefore Mongrel will have to distribute its load amongst
> multiple processes if it's to distribute its load across more than one
> core.

Yes, that is a famous problem with Mongrel and single-threaded Ruby.

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