Good point Doug. . Back to my original question, it seems none of the OS's
have any significant issues that one should stay away from in using CF 4.5..
Just wanted some expertise insight from some people that has experienced
different platforms. Thanks guys, for all the feedback.
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From: "Jeremy Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 3:32 PM
Subject: RE: Which Platform is most scabable for CF 4.5?
> Grats Doug,
>
> That is a rather eloquent way of saying OS flame wars
> are stupid ;)
>
> Okay okay, I know thats not the point but its real close. :)
>
> Jeremy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 4:23 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Which Platform is most scabable for CF 4.5?
>
>
>
> "Scalable applications scale in scaleable environments."
>
> That's my mantra.
>
> So you have a great OS... congrats... but your site is down... why?
>
> You have just one web server ... it died.
>
> You have just one data server ... it died.
>
> You have just one network ... it's down.
>
> You have two ISPs ... using the same last mile local loop ... which a
> backhoe just took out ... service resumes in two days.
>
> You just deployed your content to your whole web farm ... except for the
> server your network engineer just found was offline and put in without
> telling you ... congrats, your code is now out of sync ... but the
server's
> are fast :)
>
> Your application runs tremendously fast ... until you put into production
> and find that someone just did a SQL UPDATE command on the whole table and
> now has an exclusive lock. Your CF code is sitting there waiting... you
> only set a few simultaneous CF connections... they're all waiting... as
are
> your customers. The server appears to have died... but it isn't. Can you
> fix this in time? How?
>
> This isn't intended to be negative... it's intended to show that it really
> doesn't matter which of each of these is "the best"... the question is
> whether you've designed your environment to scale and handle ALL of these
> issues. You can be "THE BEST" at one, but you could still "die" by
> overlooking the other ideas.
>
> Which OS is best? The one that is running an environment that handles all
> the questions above.
>
> Not sure how to answer these questions? Don't panic. Most people aren't.
> I'm trying to collect the answers at http://doug.nottage.com/cf I'm
writing
> as fast as I can but if you don't find what you want, e-mail me at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I'll see what I can do.
>
> Good luck!!!
>
> --Doug
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