About mail servers....Though I haven't worked with it before, I've heard great things about the ease of installation and use of QMail. (free!) Look at http://www.qmailrocks.com/ for details. Thanks, Joe Kelly
On 8/15/05, Colin Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been working with Smartertools - SmarterMail and SmarterStats - both > well thought out programs - priced right and useful. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Matt Woodward > Sent: August 15, 2005 2:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Coldfusion > > Interesting questions--unfortunately there really aren't any absolute > answers. I'll offer my thoughts below. > > On 8/15/05, Kevin Fricke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How is CF on Linux? I have tried it with 4.5 and I think 6 but never > > had much success. Would it be better to stick with windows? > > CF runs great on Linux as long as you use one of the Macromedia-blessed > distros. That being said, CF tends to run quite well on Windows as well, so > if you're more familiar with Windows from an admin standpoint, then unless > you want to learn Linux you might want to stick with Windows. I know I'm > equivocating, but this is one of those "depends on your strengths and > interest" questions. > > > What are the recommended system requirements....not minimums. > > Depends on traffic and load. These days if you're running on much less than > a 2 or 3 GHz P4 with 1GB of RAM, I think you might be tempting fate, > particularly if you have your CF and database servers on the same physical > machine. Totally depends on your traffic and load, however. Low-traffic > sites might do well on much more modest hardware. > > > Anyone know a good email server? We are currently using Mailsite. > > Not real problems with it as of yet, but always interested in something > better. > > I've had good luck with MailEnable. I've heard good things about qMail but > haven't used it personally. > > > At what point (traffic or load wise) should I separate the database > > from the web server? > > As soon as you can afford it. ;-) Seriously though, it depends on load. If > given your traffic, etc. the box is handling it, then aside from the > standpoint of single point of failure, having everything on a single server > might be OK. You'd just have to check your server logs and do some load > testing to get a real answer to that question. > > Matt > -- > Matt Woodward > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mattwoodward.com > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > To subscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > To subscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > -- Thanks, Joe Kelly ---------------------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm To subscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm
