On 9/7/07, Pete Ruckelshaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd do something like this: > > * Base Dell Poweredge or similar with dual core CPU > * Minimum 2GB RAM > * A pair of SATA drives in RAID1 (software RAID at the OS level would be > fine) > * MS Windows Server 2003 Web Edition > * MS SQL Server 2005 Express (standard won't run on the web edition OS) > * CF or BD (might qualify as a BD Free edition install) >
I'll vote for this as well. I've got a client that's repurposed their "main" application for a couple of very small state agency clients using a similar setup. Their big version runs on a 2 member cluster of CF7/Win2k3 Web Edition/Apache2 with a MSQQL2000Std/Win2k3Std db server all on medium-sized configurations of Dell 1850 racks. The small installation of the same software uses a Dell 740 rackmount (P4, SATA RAID1) running Win2k3 Web/Apache2/MSSQL2005Express all on one box. That's a glorified rackmounted desktop machine :) Cost for the box+os was something like $1200 when purchased a few years ago. As an aside, the only serious limits for MSSQL2005 Express are the 4gb per database limit and potentially the 1 CPU limit (keeps the server cheap though -- no need for dual proc since you can't use it directly, though the 2nd proc will help CF). And the best news is you can implement this on a fairly vanilla desktop to get started assuming you can deal with the whole data redundancy issue (a nightly backup may be good enough if you don't need sophisticated RAID reliability). -- John Paul Ashenfelter CTO/Transitionpoint (blog) http://www.ashenfelter.com (email) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:287996 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
