> We have a bit of a "situation" that I need some help clarifying. Does > anyone know the functional differences between Windows Server 2003 > Standard and Enterprise, especially where ColdFusion 5 is concerned?
There is none, as long as you have installed IIS 6. As Douglas mentioned, IIS 6 isn't supported by CF 5, but you can configure it manually. > I'm having some issues installing CF server to Standard Edition that > we apparently didn't have on Enterprise Edition, such as IIS not being > detected by the installer. I don't want to manually configure IIS to > handle .cfm files. We are looking into why the server has Standard > Edition since it is supposed to be an exact duplicate of a server that > is running Enterprise Edition. I'm partly looking for answers and > partly looking for ammunition (in case it turns out that this is on > purpose and we have to fight for an upgrade). As mentioned above, you will have to configure it manually. However, this is very simple to do. > I've already tried the Microsoft website and the only difference that > I found that makes any difference to us is that Standard doesn't > natively support clustering. The technical docs were not very helpful, > even the side-by-side comparison. If all you're doing is running a web site, Enterprise is probably overkill. You can use Standard just fine for that, or even Web Edition, which is much cheaper. I'm not sure if this is the comparison you looked at, but it's pretty straightforward: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/features/compareeditio ns.mspx The primary differences that may be relevant to running a web application are: - memory limitations (although 4 GB is plenty for most CF app servers, since a single instance of CFMX can't even address all that), - support for more than 4 processors (again, not an issue for most CF app servers) - Cluster Service (WLB is sufficient for most uses, I think) Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:10:5480 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/10 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:10 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.10 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
