TomCat is free. However, unless there's a specific reason for using an app server, I'd just recommend sitting it atop Apache.
I've not personally been lucky enough to experience 500 concurrent requests, but Apache should certainly be able to handle that many, and a well-written CF application shouldn't have any problems either. >Coldfusion enterprise edition can also run and be deployed as WAR files on >many different application server (CF comes with a limited version of JRUN >for these purposes). I'm not sure where the supported list is, but my guess >is it can be configured to run on any Java application server (such as >websphrere, TomCat, etc). > >You don't need any of those (often expensive) servers to run coldfusion. As >I mentioned, it comes with a limited version of JRUN. I'm not sure if >running it on a enterprise java app server would yield better performance >(or perhaps might be required on certain platforms). > >Russ > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:255770 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
