Having worked for a large CF-Based dotcom (45 CF server farm), I would have to say that this :
"they haven't the faintest idea of what it means to build a site that's even 1% the size of MySpace)." is right on target. Rey... Vince Bonfanti wrote: > "a few pages here and there"?! MySpace is serving 7.5 *billion* page views > per month. Their web server farm consists of several *hundred* servers. > Those are numbers that some people seem simply unable to comprehend. Heck, > just the servers running BD.NET (still the minority on MySpace) are probably > serving more web pages per day than any other CFML site on the internet. > > Cutting over that many serves from CF5 to BD.NET isn't going to happen > overnight (nor would it happen overnight if they had chosen to go from CF5 > to CFMX). It's happening in an orderly, planned, carefully managed process. > In spite of attempts of some people to discredit MySpace by characterizing > them as "cowboys", they do in fact know what they're doing (and the people > who refer to MySpace as "cowboys" are clueless and simply don't know what > they're talking about--they haven't the faintest idea of what it means to > build a site that's even 1% the size of MySpace). > > Vince > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 6:09 PM >>To: CF-Talk >>Subject: RE: bg & myspace >> >>I think people were upset because it was said that myspace >>had been completely running on bd for several months and that >>was taken as the whole site not a few pages here and there. I >>see the search pages are now .net any others? >> >> Again Vince I am not trying to do anything other than get >>correct info. >> >>~Dave the disruptor~ >>"Some people just don't appreciate how difficult it is to >>dispense wisdom and abuse at the same time." >> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:215111 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