What aynchronous Ruby server to use?

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We're starting development of the new game project using Ruby. We decided to use one of the asynchronous Ruby servers, but we cannot decide which one to choose. Options are:

Goliath
Cramp + thin/rainbows
rack-fiber_pool + rack + thin/rainbows
eventmachine_httpserver

All of them seem to be working with HTTP requests. Cramp also supports Websockets and Server-Side events from the box.

Do you know any pros & cons of these servers?

Aleksey, have you any new experience to share with us? – Andrei Dec 29 '11 at 12:36 — Andrei, Dec 29 '11 at 12:36

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 30 '11 at 05:17

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I've used eventmachine_httpserver to expose a RESTful API in an EventMachine-based IRC bot and would definitely not recommend it for anything serious. It seems more like a minimal proof-of-concept than a serious web server, perhaps best illustrated by the parse_headers hack I had to use.

answered Sep 30 '11 at 05:17

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Paul, did you try any other servers of such kind? – Aleksey Dmitriev Oct 10 '11 at 07:29
Nope, sorry. As rough around the edges as eventmachine_httpserver was, it suited my minimal requirements, so I stuck with it. – Paul Annesley Oct 10 '11 at 23:08

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 15 '11 at 23:27

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You may also want to look pub/sub services like nats.

answered Oct 15 '11 at 23:27

Steve Wilhelm

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What aynchronous Ruby server to use?

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