> BACKGROUND: > I have developed a "Flash Remoting" application using > Coldfusion and SQL 2000 and am almost ready to go live. > The remoting application uses many queries/responses to/from > the SQL 2000 database via Coldfusion. > The Flash Remoting application is a game which I hope will > become popular and be played by many thousands of users at > the same time - meaning that SQL2000/Coldfusion will need to > process thousands of simultaneous requests. > > QUESTIONS: > 1/ My main concern is that if there are many thousands of > users playing the game simultaneously will Coldfusion and SQL > 2000 be able to handle the thousands of "simultaneous > requests" going back and forth from the Remoting,Coldfusion,SQL 2000?
That depends on many factors, obviously, but CF can certainly scale well enough to handle your requests. > 2/ Will I need several dedicated servers to handle thousands > of simultaneous requests (as Macromedia advises that should > not set to more than 40 simulateous requests)? The "number of simultaneous requests" in the CF administrator is the number that it is set to handle at one time. Additional requests are queued, then processed when CF has responded to one of the current requests. Even if you have more requests than can be processed simultaneously, you will usually get better performance by letting them wait briefly in the queue, than by increasing the number of threads dedicated to simultaneous request processing. The more threads devoted to concurrent processing, the more inter-thread management stuff your application server has to do. > 3/ Would it be preferable to use ASP.NET instead of Coldfusion: > (i)To Interact between Flash Remoting and SQL2000 as there is > much discussion that ASP.NET is far superior to Coldfusion in > handling significant loads and simultaneous requests? > (ii)Need to purchase multiple Coldfusion licenses in the > event that multiple dedicated servers are needed and ASP.NET > does not require purchase of separate licenses on servers? I haven't seen any evidence that ASP.NET is far superior to CF in handling significant loads and simultaneous requests. 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! This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280422 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
