www.viviotech.net VPS ftw. Very cost effective and a good first step; you'll also get the Apache on Linux platform that you are after.
On 9/19/07, Steve Piotrowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, thanks for taking the time to read this post - I appreciate any > feedback. > > I have been learning coldfusion for the last 2 years and would consider my > skills in the intermediate level. I have no other previous > programming/server experience. I'm an internet marketer by profession and I > wanted to learn coldfusion to become independent in my web/marketing > businesses (building affiliate sites, ppc landing pages, reporting, etc). I > currently run coldfusion powered websites for 6 clients and host their sites > on shared servers at crystaltech. > > I want to break free from the limitations of shared hosting and learn how to > run/manage my own coldfusion server, email server, db. > > I plan on purchasing a standard license of cf8 and running it on whatever > hosting environment I choose.. but I'm having trouble deciding (or knowing) > what the best environment should be. > > As this list is full of folks who run coldfusion servers, I'm looking for > some advice on what my best move is... I want to take advantage of as much > open source technology as possible > > I have a ton of question but I guess my most basic ones are: > > 1. Dedicated server vs. VPS? Can anyone shed light on > advantages/disadvantages of either? > > 2. Apache vs. IIS? - I'm a huge fan of open source especially a LAMP > set-up... But for me learning php is not an option (since I've been learning > cf for 2 years). I like the fact that I can run cf on Apache and seems that > would lower my costs in the future with more projects. Is one easier to > learn/run than the other? Is there any major disadvantages of running cf on > apache? > > 3. What environments you all run your site on? How did you get started and > what would you recommend? -- mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles: http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Server/message.cfm/messageid:6442 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Server/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.10
