You may also want to look at a hybrid solution, use Java to do the heavy lifting and talking to the database (use Oracle or PostgreSQL) and use CF to handle the front end.
larry On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm planning out what could be a fairly large ebusiness project. It's > probaby going to involve about 300k new database records per month. And > probably about 2mil database queries a month. > > My expertise focuses mainly on SQL 2k to 2k8 with CF4 to CF8. I'm much more > a cf'er than a dba, but I'm pretty good for a non-dba dba if you know what I > mean. > > The perspective client is a very large, very demanding client. If the app > gets built and they aren't happy they'll just drop you and move to another > with virtually no hesitation. So there's a real need to do it right and keep > it right. As such, in this stage of the game there's nothing that's really > off the table. > > That being said I need to think of *how* to build this app. Do I stick to > the regular CF/MSSQL combo that I know so well or do I take this opportunity > to move to something else? Is CF up to the task even? Should I think about > the new golden boy of the web community... Ruby? If so do I use mySQL? > > And what about the mysterious cloud? I'd really like horizontal scalability > but have never worked with the cloud, only read a few articles about it. I > know hosting.com rolled out a cf9/cloud solution but that's the limit of my > knowledge. > > What do you peeps think? I know Rob knows his shizz. Wanna chime in here? > > Peace doggies. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312750 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
