Installation and Usage ====================== 1. First, you need to get mysqlplus : sudo gem install mysqlplus 2. Then, get the mysql neverblock adapter : sudo gem install michaelyta-neverblock-mysql-adapter -s http://gems.github.com 3. Finally, update config/database.yml : production: adapter: neverblock_mysql database: myapp_production username: root password: host: localhost pool: 6 And you are done, this will work seamlessly, no need to update any application code.