Utilizing data replication across the entire cluster would help to avoid the single point of failure and other I/O constraints related to having all servers reading from the same drive. Double Take provides some interesting real time data replication software that operates at the byte level. Has any one used this software?? At 11:42 PM 26/04/00 +0100, you wrote: >Chris elegantly penned, > > Can CF 4.5 be configured to read cfm files that are stored > > on a mapped network drive? The point is to have a central > > store for CF code that would be served out by several different > > boxes. > > > > We're using IIS 4 as our web server. NT 4 environment. > > > > Any ideas? > > >Sounds like you're referring to Clustering the site across several servers. >Yes this can be done quite effectively using ClusterCats from BrightTiger >(included in CF 4.x Enterprise). > >Essentially you can have a disk storage array (preferrably RAID 5 level if >it's a large site) storing all of your site files, including cfm files. Then >on each of your clustered servers, simply map the web root to the >(networked) drive(s) having your CF server installation running through the >web root. > >Be careful though as having a central file repository as above can lead to a >"single point of failure" i.e. if your disk storage array fails, your site >becomes innaccessible. A good work around to this is to have a second "hot >spare" disk array on hand in case of any failures on the primary array. > >There's excellent information about this and other scalability issues in Ben >Forta's Advanced book. > >Hope this helps. > >Dave > >Dave Wilson >Internet Technology Manager, >BizNet Solutions > ><Allaire Premier Partner> >Co-Founder CFUG Ireland >http://www.cfug.ie > >224, Lisburn Road >Belfast BT9 6GE > >Tel: 02890 225 776 >Fax: 02890 223 223 >web: http://www.biznet-solutions.com > >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk >To Unsubscribe visit >http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or >send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in >the body. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
