Michael Biven's Bookmarks Tagged With "Engine yard"

Engine Yard Express

http://brainspl.at/articles/2008/06/06/engine-yard-express
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The new Engine Yard Express VMWare image. This is a replica of an EY slice that you can download and use locally whether you are an EY customer or not. When you boot it up it will autotune mysql to use the proper amount of ram, boot up a merb and … More
- Tags: engine yard, vmware
- Saved by Michael Biven on June 07, 2008.
Last 100 meters Skinny Request, Fat Backend - Scaling Rails

http://www.last100meters.com/2008/2/18/skinny-requst-fat-backend-scaling-rails-let-mongrels-breath
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But this isn't a post about making the Rails deployment architecture scalable, its about making YOUR Rails code scalable. And one way to do that is to use the "Skinny Request, Fat Backend" principle. What that means in practical terms is pretty si… More
- Tags: ruby, rails, performance, Engine yard
- Saved by Michael Biven on February 28, 2008.