On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Roger Pack <rogerpack2005 / gmail.com> wrote: > Question. Currently with rails startup time in linux for me is like 6s, > in windows like...20s, but regardless, anybody know just why this is > taking so long (I'm pretty sure it's cpu bound--curious if anyone's > investigated this). > Anyone know any tricks to load things quicker? Probably a better question for the Rails list. But... Are you talking about a bare rails app, or something with a bunch of plugins and gems being loaded? You should look at what your plugins are doing, they may churn heavily at startup if they're loading lots of things. -greg