FiveRuns Manage is the most elegant, straightforward and complete software for monitoring the performance and availability of Ruby on Rails applications and their supporting infrastructure in production.

FiveRuns, the application monitoring and systems management company for Ruby on Rails, today announced new services offerings focused on Ruby on Rails deployment and performance. As the popularity and scale of Rails applications has grown, so has the need for more predictable quality of service around Rails applications in production. Customers can take advantage of FiveRuns’ expertise with two new services offerings, Deployment Readiness and Performance Review, available directly from FiveRuns and through key development partners.
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New Relic delivers RPM Lite, a free version of its Ruby on Rails performance management tool. The free tool enables developers to tune performance of Rails applications even from their iPhones.

New Relic, maker of application performance management software for Ruby on Rails environments, has announced a new free version of its performance monitoring solution, as well as new features to its enterprise version.
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The performance of ROR is influenced by many factors, particularly the configuration of your deployment server(s). However the application code can make a big difference and determine whether your site is slow or highly responsive. Achieving good performance is a tricky business.
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