Is anyone using NLB and CF doing so with Apache? Chris -- who doesn't want to move to IIS if he doesn't have to...
_______ Chris Brandt, DVM, MS Instructional Media Development Specialist http://vetpda.ucdavis.edu (530) 754-4452 > -----Original Message----- > From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 12:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: 1 ColdFusion Failover costs 8-10x more than a standalone > server! > > We run a cluster of 4 CF Standard machines (plus DB servers, static > content servers, etc.). Hardware is about $3,000 (dual Xeons with a > couple gig of RAM), and then $1,200 for CF, so about $4,500 per box. > Certainly more expensive than a single box, but not prohibitively so. > > cheers, > barneyb > > On 8/30/05, Dustin M Snell [Network Automation] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > We are having major reliability problems with ColdFusion 7. These > problems > > have been discussed here before with no real solutions. For example: > JRUN > > will go completely haywire and take all the CPU and Virtual Memory on > the > > system about once every 2 days, sometimes multiple times a day. We > haven't > > been able to figure out why. > > > > For this and other reasons (such as the occasional upgrade), we have > decided > > that a 2 server cluster would be a good idea so at least we could get > some > > redundancy. We don't need load balancing really, just failover but it > looks > > like you usually get both no matter what you do. > > > > Unfortunately, after calling Macromedia I have found that the only way > to do > > this is to buy 2 licenses of ColdFusion Enterprise. So basically this > will > > entail approximately a $10k+ investment in just Coldfusion licenses (not > to > > mention hardware etc), which works out to about 8 times our original > > investment for the existing license, just to get some redundancy! > > > > So the formula is: > > > > 1 server solution = $695-$1200 (depending on upgrade or new) > > 1 redundant server solution (2 servers with same content) = $10,000+ > > > > Does this make sense to everyone here? > > > > For the love of God can someone tell me please: is there another way to > get > > some redundancy? > > > > -Dustin Snell > > Network Automation, Inc > > > > > -- > Barney Boisvert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 360.319.6145 > http://www.barneyb.com/ > > Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:216878 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
