ColdFusion ALWAYS runs top a JEE container. The most significant difference between JEE mode and "standalone" mode is how the directories are organized. I run all my personal CFs on top of Tomcat, except on my server where I run CF Standard, and therefore must use standalone mode (on JRun). At the office, we also run everything on Tomcat, both development and production.
In both cases, Tomcat was selected because it's free, widely used, quite flexible, and actually supports a modern Servlet spec. Pretty much anything except JRun should meet the last three, and everything but WebSphere and WebLogic will meet all of them. Tomcat isn't officially supported, but JBoss is, and Tomcat is JBoss's web container. Picking Tomcat standalone means no support, but it is a tested platform (via JBoss). We've not had any issues aside from CF doing generally non-JEE stuff, which would happen regardless which container is used. cheers, barneyb On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Dan LeGate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've read up about a lot of advantages of having CF run on top of a J2EE > application server, a couple of which are application isolation and > scalability with clustering, but I was wondering if there are any > distinct disadvantages? > > Are there any particular advantages to picking a specific J2EE platform > to run it on? For example, is it best on a full blown JRun J2EE? > Especially since the standalone version runs on a version of JRun? > > How many folks have gone this route? Anybody had any regrets doing it? > Any distinct differences that require workarounds, or a new way of > thinking about/designing your apps? > > We're considering it and I want to be sure I hear all sides, not just > the "sales pitch". :-) We'd be running CF8 Enterprise atop J2EE, if > that makes a difference. > > Any information / advice is appreciated. > > Thanks! > > Dan > -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:306546 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
