Mongrel? Thin?

Mongrel and Thin are super-fast and reliable HTTP servers built specifically for Ruby applications like Rails.

Why would I want to use them to deploy my Rails apps?

Because they are dedicated web servers that persistently hold your app in memory so it is "always on" and ready to serve.

What are my alternatives?

With shared hosting, you'll commonly find Rails apps served semi-dynamically via FastCGI (or these days with Passenger) in cooperation with Apache. This means your app is held in memory for a little while, but when the FastCGI or Passenger process are killed off it can take many seconds for the next dynamic hit to be served. Furthermore, in addition to Apache other web servers like LightTPD, Nginx, or LiteSpeed can be used. We highly recommend Apache/mod_rails or Nginx/Mongrel in our VPS and dedicated environments.

How can I setup and use Mongrel/Thin with HostingRails.com?

We make it as simple as possible. Start up the Mongrel/Thin server(s) on the assigned port(s) we give you and we'll setup your mod_proxy_balancer so your app is ready to roll. See this step-by-step tutorial for more information.

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