Autoscaling workers for delayed_job in Rails 3

Question

I\'ve been using collectiveidea\'s fork of delayed_job as a gem in my Rails 3 app, and it\'s working fine. I\'m now looking for a solution to autoscale workers, specifically fo

Answer 1

I've started working on a gem called Komodo to perform that very same task for un upcoming project at work. However, since we've only just started on the project, the gem is still very, very early - and untested.

I should see some consistent updating over the next couple of weeks though - would certainly appreciate any feedback or contributions! :)

Answer 2

Specifically for heroku, check out "HireFire - The Heroku Worker Manager" and hirefireapp service:

• https://github.com/meskyanichi/hirefire - open source
• http://hirefireapp.com/ - service in public beta now

Answer 3

You might want to take a look at workless, it's one of the only Rails3 worker autoscalers I've seen at this point.