Great, thanks. How much memory is required or recommended for each instance? I'm on a Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with 4 GB of memory (its max). How many instances would be recommended for that amount of memory?
>Yes. You add one or more instances to one or more servers. Then you define >a cluster, add the instances to it, and choose a load balancing algorithm. >You then associate that cluster with your IIS site (or apache virtual server >etc) > >In my experience, clusters can be a little cranky if you are making changes >to them, but once they are up they work pretty well. > >The main gotcha's for clustering IMO are: >* Features that require subsequent HTTP requests to target the same initial >server (cfchart, cfimage) >* Data that is specific to a users and stored in a persistent scope like >session or Application does not automatically follow users from once >instance to another. > >Session replication can solve the latter, but still has some problems I >think, and not many people seem to use it. >Sticky sessions eliminates both problems for the most part, and seems to be >the most common way to handle clusters. Of course, the failure of an >instance won't be helped by sticky sessions since that only sticks a users >to an instance as long as it is still up. > >~Brad > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:311831 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
