like dale said "LAMB is the new LAMP" many managers will be like "oh LAMB that sounds fancy, whats it cost?"
blue dragon I've always found to be very stable and use a lot less resources then CF, especially if ya run multiple instances as the whole server app is a lot smaller. depending on what features ya need BD might be perfect (although I think I'm repeating my self lol) M@ On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Rob Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Dale, > I was forgetting about BlueDragon ... and yes its worth a phone call to > Adobe ... Do you know someone there I can contact? > > Cheers > Rob Wilson > > ------------------------------ > *From:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Dale Fraser > *Sent:* Wednesday, 17 September 2008 9:56 PM > > *To:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [cfaussie] Re: Help selling CF as a solution vs. PHP > > Seriously, > > > > This many servers I would be going open source all the way, the fact is > that Adobe is just not priced for this, with that said, if you end up going > with Adobe, contact them, they should do a special price for this type of > setup. > > > > My advice would be > > > > Linux Servers > > BlueDragon > > MySQL > > > > LAMB is the new LAMP > > > > Plus you still have the dev / maintenance speed advantages. > > > > Regards > > Dale Fraser > > > > *From:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *M@ Bourke > *Sent:* Wednesday, 17 September 2008 9:15 PM > *To:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [cfaussie] Re: Help selling CF as a solution vs. PHP > > > > another question would be, what features of coldfusion do you need? > maybe open BD would be fine for this application? > 52 * free = free > or Railo. > > how ever this might not be an option for various reasons, but just a > thought for you. > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Rob Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I have just finished with IBM Australia on a project for USA - The > project is a conversion of a current CD based package for students to a > online delivered solution to approx 3 million users > > with approx 1.5 million concurrent users. > > > > Currently the client is considering a DOT Net front end with a MS SQL > backend - the backend after speaking to IBM today require 28 processors > licences of SQL at 40k per processor > > (Why MS SQL at this level is another serious question -re licensing fees) > with approx 82 plus copies of Win 2003 Enterprise licence ... currently we > are unsure of the number of web servers > .. IBM are suggesting 3 Blade Servers each holding 14 blades > > > > After considering the costs of the front end (web servers) just the windows > licensing costs are huge this naturally brings up the OS costs and then > leads onto the development platform > > > > Coldfusion has been suggested during the discussion of DOT Net and open > source solutions like PHP however the Coldfusion licence and Linux costs > exceed a Windows licence cost > and a DOT Net solution (a tool is in the process of being written to > dynamically convert the CD to a DOT Net solution so we cant use the > development time as a point) > > In looking at this a bit closer the question may be > Can a blade server use 1 Coldfusion enterprise licence? > OR > each blade within the Blade server be treated as a separate server > requiring a enterprise licence? > > OR > is there a major discount for 52 copies of Coldfusion enterprise? > > > > Any suggestions would be great as currently the feeling is PHP is the way > to go > > > > Cheers > > Rob Wilson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
