Last week, there was an "Ask Slashdot" question about managing/documenting web projects, and since the poster was using ColdFusion, a number of the posts mentioned Fusebox and got modded up pretty high. That was the same day that I noticed the site down - perhaps this contributed to the hard drive failure.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/20/215202&mode=thread --- Billy Cravens -----Original Message----- From: Alan McCollough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:44 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: CF Server 5 Professional vs. Enterprise I don't recall fusebox.org getting slashdotted? Did it? When? > -----Original Message----- > From: Cravens, Billy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 5:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: CF Server 5 Professional vs. Enterprise > > I think it was down to the Slashdotting from the other day. Must not be > on any heavy-duty hardware. > > --- > Billy Cravens > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan McCollough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 3:18 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: CF Server 5 Professional vs. Enterprise > > This be true. The depreciation on hardware is so fast these days you can > pick up some gear pretty much by hanging out by a dumpster. Oops, this > sounds like an fbcommunity thing now. And Steve started it! Well, now > that > its underway, the hearings can begin on why fusebox.org was down. We'll > need > to get the affidavits in the mail and have the Illuminati stand before > the > grand jury by the end of next week... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steve Nelson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:13 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: CF Server 5 Professional vs. Enterprise > > > > It has support for the big databases too. The clustering in enterprise > > isn't great because it's > > software based. You'll always get a slightly faster failover with a > > hardware solution. A little > > known fact is that you can get ultra inexpensive hardware load > balancers > > off of ebay. For a $1000 > > you can find a excellent layer 7 balancer which can handle millions of > > hits a day, even handle > > geographic clusters. > > > > Steve > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > My understanding is that the only real advantage of Enterprise over > > > Professional has to do with clustering and load balancing. I'm sure > > there > > > are other more "trivial" differences, but I think that's the main > one. > > > > > > I'd guess Professional should suit your needs, given your > description of > > > the situation. > > > > > > (Embedded * * * * * > > > image moved Charlie Griefer > > > to file: Webmaster > > > pic00041.gif) SunSource / Sun Health > > > Corporation > > > http://wow.sunhealth.org > > > 623.876.3210 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > Alexander > > > Ismail To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <aismail1@pacb cc: > > > ell.net> Subject: CF Server 5 > > Professional vs. Enterprise > > > > > > 03/22/2002 > > > 11:34 AM > > > Please respond > > > to fusebox > > > > > > > > > > > > We plan to move our site from a shared hosting environment to a > > dedicated > > > box. > > > Since we don't run a real high traffic site I am considering putting > CF > > > Server 5 and MS-SQL Server 2000 on the same box. > > > > > > Although I compared the specs of CF Server 5 Professional vs. > Enterprise > > I > > > can't figure out whether CF Server 5 Professional is sufficient for > my > > > needs > > > or not. > > > > > > Any thoughts and/or recommendations on this? > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Alex > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > PearlSoup.com - Building A Better World, One Story At A Time > > > > > > Alexander Ismail Phone: 415-759-8722 > > > 945 Taraval St., #235 Web: www.PearlSoup.com > > > San Francisco, CA 94116 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > > ------ > > > Name: pic00041.gif > > > pic00041.gif Type: GIF Image (image/gif) > > > Encoding: base64 > > > > > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
