> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 11:24 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CrystalTech says ALL variables must be locked > > > I mentioned that as well actually... and an isolated > > instance of CF is MUCH cheaper to install and maintain > > than a VPS. > > I'm not convinced on either of these points. It's very easy to deploy > virtual servers, and you don't have to worry about one of them screwing up > the rest.
It's very easy after a somewhat involved gearing up phase (deciding what goes in the image and so forth). After that you've definitely got more costs with the VPS - licensing issues (which you've already mentioned) for OSs and support software and configuration issues. A simple example is that with multiple isolated instances of CFMX running I can apply an updater once, OS service packs once and so forth - with a VPS you'd have to do this for each VM. An isolated instance of CFMX is much less likely to cross-over and cause problems in other accounts than a shared instance and a VPS is even less likely. But the maintenance cost for the VPS is higher simply because, in effect, you're managing multiple "machines". Don't get me wrong - I love the idea of a VPS (and hope that they come down in price to where regular schmoes like me can afford them). But they are definitely, for now, a more expensive option - although not a grossly more expensive option. I would think that a host, after crunching the numbers could offer an isolated instance of CFMX for somewhat more than a shared instance and a VPS for somewhat more than that - I don't think that the range is all that great. I'm seeing low high-end shared accounts (on Windows) for a range of $70-$99 a month and VPS accounts (on Windows) for $200 a month. I would think that an isolated application server option would fit between the two nicely. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
