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@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ A reverse proxy for Unicorn should meet the following requirements: nginx is the only (Free) solution we know of that meets the above requirements. -Indeed, the author of Unicorn has deployed nginx as a reverse-proxy not +Indeed, the folks behind Unicorn have deployed nginx as a reverse-proxy not only for Ruby applications, but also for production applications running Apache/mod_perl, Apache/mod_php and Apache Tomcat. In every single case, performance improved because application servers were able to use @@ -137,3 +137,8 @@ Unicorn is highly inefficient for Comet/reverse-HTTP/push applications where the HTTP connection spends a large amount of time idle. Nevertheless, the ease of troubleshooting, debugging, and management of Unicorn may still outweigh the drawbacks for these applications. + +The {Rainbows!}[http://rainbows.rubyforge.org/] aims to fill the gap for +odd corner cases where the nginx + Unicorn combination is not enough. +Keep in mind that Rainbows! is still very new (as of October 2009), far +more ambitious, and far less tested than Unicorn. |