I use it in front of a mongrel cluster to make Rails app fast. Apache serves up static files (images, stylesheets, js) and I use mod_proxy and mod_proxy_balanc

I use it in front of a mongrel cluster to make Rails app fast. Apache serves up static files (images, stylesheets, js) and I use mod_proxy and mod_proxy_balancer to load balance requests for dynamic content among the mongrel servers. Apache is secure, and rock-solid.