We are a small developer running a large content management system, and we recently completed porting to Linux and MX. Though the transition from CF 5 on NT was not flawless, we have had great success with MX on Redhat/Apache 2.0.xx. Before porting, we were constantly fighting with IIS and NT to not max out our system RAM and crash the boxes. Now, though RAM usage stays high (higher baseline RAM consumption was expected in moving to a Java environment), the boxes don't have the consistent bad performance and crashes we saw before.
The only Windows box we're running is our SQL Server (and that may be the next victim of a better alternative). As for CF, we are completely Linux from Development to Production, and we've even transitioned from Microsoft VSS for Source Control to CVS (WinCVS client). Our Linux servers have integrated with our Windows workstations easily. During our transition, we actually initiated a support incident with MM. Due to our diligence in testing and in following all recommended installation procedures to the letter, we ended that incident with a confirmed bug number, and no charge. From this personal experience, Macromedia has handled support well. Our support tech was fairly knowledgeable, but willing to admit when necessary that he'd have to get some technical input and get back to us. By no means do I consider myself a Linux Guru, but I have been involved in our server setup and deployment. Now that we've completed the work and had a while to observe CFMX on Redhat in a production environment, I am very pleased with the stability and scalability of our systems. Kyle Shiflett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Director of Development elliptIQ Inc. -- http://www.neighborware.com America's Leading Community Network Software -----Original Message----- From: Brian Panulla [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 4:21 PM To: CF-Linux Subject: Re: Linux Users vs. Windows Users for ColdFusion At 02:07 PM 12/19/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Hi. Does anyone here have an idea how big the user base for ColdFusion on >Linux and/or Unix is, and what the ratio is when compared to Windows >users? As you know, we're doing an article based on the eWeek attack (yes, >I used that word -- btw, the author of the article never did respond to my >questions) and I want to be as fair as possible. Knowing the general size >of both the Linux and/or Unix communities would help immensely. Well, it's not that always that cut and dried. I run a production CF Linux server, a development/testing CF Linux server and three development CF Single-User Windows workstations. It's not always "one-or-tother" (as one of my friends says). I don't know anyone that is completely Linux from development up to production. I have two clients that are exclusively Windows, however. It certainly would be interesting to see if the Linux Server vs. Windows server proportion is equal to the CF on Linux vs. CF on Windows proportion. -B _____ Brian Panulla [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chief Information Officer 814.867.4087 Elmwood Media Group www.elmwoodmedia.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=14 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=14 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.14
