We've noticed that, with ColdFusion MX, problems tend to cascade through the system, crashing ColdFusion MX and the Web server in turn. The types of problems I'm talking about include database connectivity issues, as well as flash remoting and web service issues.
This didn't used to be the case with ColdFusion 5. In ColdFusion 5, database problems might tie up threads and eventually cause ColdFusion to stop responding until the database problem was resolved. I don't recall that this ever actually crashed the ColdFusion service, much less brought down the Web server. So, I'm wondering, is this truly how ColdFusion MX behaves, or have we configured something improperly? Having said that, I should note that we leave most settings at their default unless we have a good reason to change them. We're seeing this problem on Windows Server 2000 and 2003 talking to a couple different Microsoft SQL Server boxes. We've tried installing the latest ColdFusion MX updater. That doesn't seem to have helped. It happens when, for instance, connection timeouts occur while querying the database. In a recent case, a flash movie was making many failed web service requests. The volume of the requests themselves wasn't the problem. It appeared to be related more to the fact that the requests were generating Axis faults. I should note that we're a hosting provider, so we host a lot of content that we haven't developed ourselves. We also host non-ColdFusion sites. So, when a ColdFusion problem starts affecting static sites, ASP.Net and classic ASP sites, it's a pretty big issue for us. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184787 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
