* http://docs.seattlerb.org/net-http-persistent
* https://github.com/drbrain/net-http-persistent
Manages persistent connections using Net::HTTP plus a speed fix for Ruby 1.8.
It's thread-safe too!
Using persistent HTTP connections can dramatically increase the speed of HTTP.
Creating a new HTTP connection for every request involves an extra TCP
round-trip and causes TCP congestion avoidance negotiation to start over.
Net::HTTP supports persistent connections with some API methods but does not
handle reconnection gracefully. Net::HTTP::Persistent supports reconnection
and retry according to RFC 2616.
=== 2.2 / 2011-10-24
* Minor Enhancements
* Added timeouts for idle connections which are set through #idle_timeout.
The default timeout is 5 seconds. Reducing the idle timeout is preferred
over setting #retry_change_requests to true if you wish to avoid the "too
many connection resets" error when POSTing data.
* Documented tunables and settings in one place in Net::HTTP::Persistent