> I have both CF MX and CF MX 7 which I can install on the server. I'd pick CF 7.
> I can have either Windows Server 2000 or Windows Server 2003 > as the OS and therefore I could have IIS on the machine. I would choose Windows Server 2003 with IIS 6, or Windows Server 2003 with Apache 2.x if you like that better. > Just wondering if IIS is really recommended or whether most > people would go for having Apache. Either will do fine. > As for databases, etc will probably go MySQL although I do > have MSSQL 2000 which I could have installed on the server if > required. Out of those two, I'd personally go with SQL Server if it won't cost you anything. But in either case, I wouldn't want it installed on the same machine as your web/application server. If you had to put it on the same machine, I think I'd go with MySQL. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:258720 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4