why not test it? Set up your application, download jMeter and set up a bunch of test cases. Then using those test cases and jmeter have about 200 concurrent visitors hit the site. Better yet set up a jmeter master slave testing system and have 5 or more machines each running jmeter and a similar set of test cases and simultaneous visitors each. That should give you a good idea of what it can handle.
One suggestion though I'd optimize the heck out of the web, database and the CF application servers first On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:53 PM, PT <cft...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was wondering how much use CF can really handle either as a server > product or middleware. I am not talking about situations where throwing > hardware at performance issues can get one by, but to the point where > choosing the right middleware/application backend software can make or > break an application. > > Facebook, for example. Throwing hardware at something like Facebook is > not going to help performance issues in the software. Facebook is built > using PHP, but they do some fancy compiling on the PHP to make it > faster. Their backend is also a bit more complex than a MSSQL server farm. > > Twitter abandoned Ruby on Rails for its server side processing because > Rails couldn't keep up. > > I know MySpace was using CF for a while, but CF was unfairly blamed for > MySpace's reliability problems, so it isn't a good measuring stick. > > Can ColdFusion run something like Facebook/Twitter, or would > inefficiencies stack up to make it completely unworkable no matter the > scale of the hardware? > > I looked for case studies on google but most that looked promising > either returned 404s or Service Unavailable messages. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350433 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
