> What's that from, the sys reqs? If it truly is that much I'd > agree.
Yeah, it's from the Adobe system requirements. But in practice, for production servers, it tends to be significantly higher. > But I'll bet you don't really need that much. I'm just > running a developer server locally here, and according to > task manager, it's using less than 100 MB. Granted, not much > is happening, but I tried to hammer it a bit with a bunch a > page loads, and the RAM usage didn't change at all. For development, yes. And if all you're doing is running development instances, you might see a comparatively significant difference running a bunch of Linux instances vs Windows instances. But on a typical dual-processor Xeon machine, that might make a difference of one or two VMs. > But you understand this server stuff a lot better than I do > Dave. I'm just saying that from my experience, and what I > have heard from professionals that run hosting companies, > it's a lot cheaper to run a Linux box, partially because you > can squish a lot more sites on one box. I think that, for hosting companies, Linux makes a lot of sense, because it is easier to manage a large number of Linux machines than Windows machines, and Linux is comparatively simple (in a good way). Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:258762 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
