> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:09 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: GoDaddy > > On Wednesday 06 Jun 2007, Rick Root wrote: > > On the other hand, since we're talking about hosting companies, > > imagine 500 sites on a single server, all with completely different > > code, written by developers of *ALL* levels of experience, and with > > development/modifications often being made to the server, not a test > > environment. > > So ? > You whack each instance (or each group of N) in it's own virtualised > container, at the extreme end. > On decent hardware 500 instances isn't very many, really. > If the bad CF crashes their CF server (this is hard to do anyway !) or > nukes > it's performance (easier :-) ) that the other 499 will keep on ticking. >
I don't know what kind of hardware you're running, but I'm barely running 2 instances per server on some decent dell hardware. Granted, it's a high traffic site, and the ram usage starts getting into the GB's after a while, but I really don't see most servers being able to run 500 instances. Russ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280250 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
