I just got a decent hosting deal with my host for a Linux VPS and I wanted to ask a question to the people here regarding your experiences.
I currently have a Windows 2008 64bit VPS for my primary windows host and wanted to have another "application server" that was exclusively dedicated to running my cfml sites (basically, Open BlueDragon with an occasional Railo app thrown in for giggles and grins to test it). The reason I am bringing it up here is that I am sure there are other individuals that would like to read about potential issues with using either server OS and also possible "gotchas" that could be avoided and also look for suggestions to make their prod/dev/whatever environment more effective. I've already been to the OpenBD wiki install page: http://wiki.openbluedragon.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Installation Which answers some questions in an excellent manner. But I'm looking to to hear from you all. This post will also most likely end up there as an update to the installs page for potential installation considerations. Also, just a backgrounder for you on what I want to do: I am in the process of building an N-Tier system that will have separate VPS servers for Windows (.NET apps & various others), CFML on Linux (Mainly OpenBD, but also Railo when possible), and PostgreSQL on Linux for my DB server. I REALLY despise MySQL and will be completely jumping over to PostgreSQL as my DB of choice since I don't want neither Oracle nor M$ getting into my DB grits any more (MS SQL DBA and Oracle dabbler). This is what I've come up with for my future and I leave it here as a suggestion for any of you to consider if you want to do it for yourself. Especially since N-Tier is the "religion" preached when you want to go to a more practical environment and VPSs are getting less expensive and much more capable as time goes on and now that OpenBD/Railo are absolutely phenomenal alternatives to ACF for your CFML application server. Thanks for your comments when you post them! Tom -- Open BlueDragon Public Mailing List http://www.openbluedragon.org/ http://twitter.com/OpenBlueDragon official manual: http://www.openbluedragon.org/manual/ Ready2Run CFML http://www.openbluedragon.org/openbdjam/ mailing list - http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en
