I was wondering how much use CF can really handle either as a server product or middleware. I am not talking about situations where throwing hardware at performance issues can get one by, but to the point where choosing the right middleware/application backend software can make or break an application.
Facebook, for example. Throwing hardware at something like Facebook is not going to help performance issues in the software. Facebook is built using PHP, but they do some fancy compiling on the PHP to make it faster. Their backend is also a bit more complex than a MSSQL server farm. Twitter abandoned Ruby on Rails for its server side processing because Rails couldn't keep up. I know MySpace was using CF for a while, but CF was unfairly blamed for MySpace's reliability problems, so it isn't a good measuring stick. Can ColdFusion run something like Facebook/Twitter, or would inefficiencies stack up to make it completely unworkable no matter the scale of the hardware? I looked for case studies on google but most that looked promising either returned 404s or Service Unavailable messages. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350419 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
