> Distributive mode allowed us to have three servers on three separated tiers. > Presentation, Application > and Database. Presentation never talking to DB. To me it doesn't seem a good > idea to run IIS and > Coldfusion on the same server. There is already a load balancer(reverse > proxy) in front of the web > servers but I prefer not to run IIS and Coldfusion on the same server.
Everything you can do with distributed mode you can also do with a reverse proxy. I have several customers using public-facing Apache reverse proxies to talk to internal CF servers running IIS (which you can't really do with distributed mode as file paths etc have to match). Beyond that, there's no reason why you shouldn't run IIS and CF on the same machine. There aren't any resource contention issues between the two services or anything like that. And if you already have a (properly configured) reverse proxy, adding distributed mode to that will likely degrade performance and not enhance security. > Are all Coldfusion installations done on the web server now? Thanks Pretty much all CF installations have always been done on the web server. Very few people use either distributed mode or reverse proxies, actually. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software 1-202-527-9569 http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor- authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:359481 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
