The current deployment situation on dreamhost involves either using CGI which is very slow and not really an option if you’re using a framework or fastcgi which is a bit faster but the implementation dreamhost are currently using is very unreliable (you can vote for a more reliable fastcgi on the suggestion entitled “Use mod_fcgid instead of mod_fastcgi”). A better deployment option is available, mod_python. You can vote for it as a suggestion. Another option faster and more lightweight than mod_python is mod_wsgi which you can also vote for.
