----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Priest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Server" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:04 PM Subject: Re: Separate ColdFusion and IIS servers
>> > Well, that's what I thought too, but I guess the cost of running both >> > processes on the same server can outweight the cost of having the >> > servers >> > communicate across a network. You run into the same issues with >> > running >> > separate database and web application servers, and we recognize the >> > advantage of doing that. > > I know this was the thought a few years ago but I wonder how relevant > this is today - considering the performance of today's hardware... > > I just upgraded our servers to the latest Dell hardware (I have CF and > SQL split on two boxes) but I look at the boxes and they aren't even > breaking a sweat performance wise... > > It would be interesting to benchmark some of these configurations to > see the numbers... Yes, it would. Given enough overhead in terms of CPU power, memory space, and disk system speed, you have to wonder how much additional performance, if any, is to be gained by splitting the services across systems. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:10:5930 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
