Dave Wilson wrote: > I would suggest that CFMX Pro would be your best bet in this > situation. This is because, typically an ISP hosting 2000 CF driven > sites would most likely be using virtual hosts on shared servers. The > number of virtual hosts per server would vary depending on several > items but most importantly depending upon the Server OS platform used > and the scale of the actual sites being hosted. > > Load balancing, clustering and failover would be a much lesser concern > asthe sites would tend to be small/medium in scale and traffic. > Anything larger would be placed on their own dedicated co-lo machines > and clustering, load balancing etc would be implemented to the > client's discretion. > > I've found that it's possibly more cost effective to implement > hardware based load balancing and failover in place of CFMX > Enterprise, especially once critical mass (number of Servers sharing > the load) has been reached. So in this case I'd recommend CFMX Pro also.
I agree with all arguments in favour of Professional Edition, but you forgot one thing: how are you going to secure a shared server with CF MX Pro? You don't need load balancing for hosting small sites. You don't need failover for hosting small sites. You don't need native DB2 drivers for hosting small sites. But you still need to buy Enterprise Edition because you do need Sandbox Security. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq 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
