> > We pretty much need to change the operating system even if it is > overkill because the development server is supposed to be an exact > duplicate of production. If they have different versions of the > operating system we could hit a problem on one that doesn't affect > the other.
Yes, good idea. A prod server should be an EXACT match with a DEV server. When I create a new server I image the server and use that for the dev server. Now I have two exact matches. John Cesta iMAIL Reporter - Reports on iMAIL server and POP users LogFileManager - IIS LogFile Management Tool WebPageChecker - Helps Maintain Server UpTime DomainReportIt PRO - Helps Rebuild IIS http://www.serverautomationtools.com > > That is the comparison that I looked at, and while it is > straightforward, it's not as detailed as I would need to determine > why the problems we encountered on development were not encountered > on production, assuming that they were not encountered on > production. > > It sounds like the consensus is that it did happen on production > and the developer who told me otherwise was incorrect. > > On 6/26/05, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> 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/comp are >> editio 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:10:5481 > 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=6034.5487 ..1 > 0 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:10:5482 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=11502.10531.10 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
