Huh, I have not had any of the problems that Ben Rogers experienced. CFMX has been running glitch free on my 2003 web edition production box for about a year now. Wait, CF hung with a Jrun error yesterday. That has been the only issue so far.
I have been contemplating running CF on a Linux platform for quite some time. I am particularly interested in running it on Centos Linux http://www.centos.org/. The main issue that I have with Linux is my use of C++ CFX tags. I have so many site/apps running C++ CFX tags that It would be cost prohibitive to go find the java equivalents and rewrite the apps. I havent been shopping for CFX's in a while so I cant tell you what is avalible. Another issue you should consider is security, server maintenance and TOC. Being a small shop with limited time and resources, time is at a premium. Unless you have a lot of experience and/or you have someone who can lock it down and maintain it properly, the learning curve is pretty steep. Another issue to be aware of is that Linux can be a real time bandit. I have been using Linux (Redhat) for about 3-4 years now and experience has taught me that one of the major pains in the butt for Linux is adding software. Not being a big fan of prepackaged binaries, I found that hunting down dependencies in order to install an app can be a nightmare. I have spent days at a time hunting down dependencies so I could use this or that function/Mod in PHP/Apache. As far as performance goes, I read a long time ago that CF 5 on Linux out performed Windows. In general, Linux has lot less overhead than Windows and be configured/built to be very streamline and resource efficient. This too is also a matter of knowing what you are doing. Another non CF issue to consider is that there are a LOT more open source apps available for *nix servers than there are for Windows. I was trying to hunt down a decent Web Mail app to run on my Windows server and found that there were dozens of apps for *nix and all the *good* ones were written for *nix. It was real slim pickings for windows and the *nix apps had more features accross the board. The one thing I learned is that since linux is built from thousands of (interdependant) components it is a lot more configurable and powerfull than windows. You can build linux to run from a floppy or have an install base of several gigs. Howerver, with that many options/componants there is a LOT more to learn. That is my 2 cents. thanx, Coz ================================ Gerald "Coz" Guido [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coztech Communications http://www.coztech.com 3765 Maria Circle Tallahassee, Fl 32303 phone: 850.443.8277 fax: 904-685-2211 ================================ ----- Original Message ----- From: Britta Bennett To: CF-Server Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:03 PM Subject: Linux vs Windows for CF Server? My small company needs to start running its own CF server, and I'm trying to figure out: Is there is ANY reason to go with the costly windows platform rather than just run the CF server on Linux... Any advice re *stability, performance, other considerations* re Linux VS Windows for running CF? Any advice would be greatly apprciated.. Thanks very much! Sincerely, Britta Bennett West Coast Web ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:10:5304 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/10 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:10 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.10 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
