Are we really speaking about clustering here or load balancing. I find that web server require load balancing whereas database servers need clustering. It is a picky semantic, but if your web servers were truely 'clustered' then they would act as one and you would not have content replication issues, session variable issues, etc. They are in fact load balanced, multiple machines with the same content sharing the workload.
Justin > -----Original Message----- > From: charlie griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 1:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: clustering q's > > > Hey all. > > My company is currently on CF 4.5 Professional...upgrading to > 5.0 this > weekend (yes, we *are* the bleeding edge) :) > > Our system admins have recently decided that they want to > cluster our win2K > web servers. I've never been in a clustered environment > (i've been in > environments that have been a cluster****, but that's a differnet > story)...so I've got a few questions. > > We *MUST* be using CF Enterprise if we are on clustered > servers? What > happens if we are on Professional and one server dies? > Session vars will be > lost? Users who are in the middle of a web based 'app' would > have to start > over? Is that the only problem (not that it's a small > problem...but i'm > trying to find out all of the angles so I can make a report > to da boss)? > > Also, *if* it is feasible to use CF Pro in a clustered > environment, would we > be responsible for having licenses for each server (this, of > course, would > be a moot point if clustered servers MUST be on CF Enterprise). > > I'd call MM on this and ask...but I have a feeling that would be like > walking into a car dealership and saying, "i have this much money to > spend...can you help me?" :) > > thanks in advance, > charlie > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
