I appreciate the advice Jordan, but at this point it would be even more counter productive to hire additional people. This business has traditionally been a windows shop. We run several CF sites, all of them are on Windows with the exceptions of this one which we moved to Linux a couple years ago as a test. Basically we had a tech at the time who knew a lot about Linux and talked our CIO in to investing in Linux web servers for the sole purpose of saving money on Windows Server OS licenses. The thought was that it would be cheaper to not have to pay for Windows. Well, Linux has been a perfectly capable and stable platform, but it has not achieved its original goal. That original tech I mentioned is no longer in this department, and the remaining techs know little to nothing about Linux. This has caused greater turn around time in configuration changes and necessitated contractors coming in to help us in the past. Also, the set-up is a bit more time consuming. For instances, every time we add a new file server, we have to set up a new mnt drive on each box to facilitate access to the server. This would not be a problem with windows. There are additional bugs in cfdocument found only on Linux installs of CF which have never been fixed. The current CF installs on Linux run under nobody and that is a security concern. It is more difficult to control who can manage the servers, since the rest of our network all uses NT authentication, but you have to go bumming around the root password for the Linux boxes to fix anything.
Now, that being said I am VERY aware that SOME of those issues have very good answers to them. My point is, due the collective lack of Linux at MY particular business we have actually created MORE maintenance headaches and cost ourselves MORE money then if we had stuck with Windows in the first place. The rest of our sites are already on windows boxes, but as much as I have started to like Linux I would still rather be consistent and use one or the other. Hiring a consultant costs far more than the Windows licenses we were trying to avoid in the first place. The Linux to Windows conversion I am not too worried about. The stuff I am looking for information on is CF enterprise, multiple instances, and sharing sessions across servers etc. ~Brad >Brad Wood wrote: >> Well, my work is taking a big leap with our servers. We are going to >> transition from Linux back to Windows. Linux was working well for us, >> but unfortunately most of us at this shop are much more comfortable with >> Windows administration and the maintenance was getting complicated. > >One important lesson I attempt to instill in our employees is that it's >alright to ask for help when you need it. > >Instead of uprooting a system that is already working well, it might be >wise to hire a consultant to point you in the right direction as far as >handling your growth on that platform. There's no question about if the >platform is capable, but more about if the people are capable. If people >need training in order to accommodate growth - that's normal, healthy, >and corporations do it all the time. > >Another option: hire an employee to do it for you who enjoys it so that >you don't have to worry about it. If no one in your organization >currently enjoys the existing system administration aspect of your >business, and your growth is creating more and more responsibilities in >that area, then this may be the perfect time to hire someone new. By >hiring someone new, you will reduce the amount of system administration >responsibilities on employees who don't want it, your developers can >focus on development, and you will be making an investment in a new team >member instead of software that you don't need. > >Warm regards, >Jordan Michaels >Vivio Technologies >http://www.viviotech.net/ >Blue Dragon Alliance Member >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:271833 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
