We run 1600 websites that are load balanced between three, relatively low-end, servers. Granted, they all share the same codebase (each with their own dynamic application), but they are extremely data intensive and run very effectively on ColdFusion. And, with the new and/or upgraded sandboxing features + user level controls of CF8, it is an even more attractive offering for hosting providers (of which we are).
Steve "Cutter" Blades Adobe Certified Professional Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer _____________________________ http://blog.cutterscrossing.com Rick Root wrote: > On 6/5/07, J.J. Merrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> According to Forta the cost in a bulk license is so small that there is no >> reason for hosting companies to even charge a premium. > > Yes, there absolutely is. > > You can pretty easily put 500 php web sites on a single box without > too much trouble. > > You can't put 500 CF sites on a single box though. > > Plain and simple, the power we are afforded by Coldfusion prevents a > hosting company from realistically putting any more than a fraction of > the site that they can put on a standard php/html type server. Your > average host that supports php gets a lot of static web sites. Your > average host that supports CF probably gets a LOT more database > intensive websites. > > The cost of hosting CF web sites is not necessarly related to the cost > of the CF license. Sure, you fork out maybe $3000/year, or $250/month > for a CF enterprise license. If you put 100 sites on a server, that's > $2.50/month for the cost of the CF license. Really though, a server > with 100 cf-powered web sites? > > I'm spoiled by my dedicated server with 15 web sites on it I guess =) > > Rick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280226 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
