The mulitserver install lets you deploy multiple instances of ColdFusion on Macromedia JRun (A J2EE app server) The J2EE install lets you deploy multiple instances of ColdFusion on ANY J2EE app server of your choice. That could be JRun, IBM Webspere, GlassFish, Apache Tomcat, etc.
The application isolation, load balancing, and failover are available either way, but each J2EE app server will have slightly different implementations, configurations, and features. I believe Ben was most likely suggesting the multiserver install (JRun). Truthfully, I don't know that anyone is saying one was is better than the other, but I would say that JRun would be the easiest since you aren't relying on support from an outside community, and you'll probably get a lot of crickets if you start asking why your GlassFish install isn't working on the Talk list. :) ~Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Steele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 11:11 AM Subject: Re: CF8 enterprise, CF8 Standard, CF7 Standard on same computer? > > Ok, I'm now thoroughly confused about this. The documentation says > When you use the J2EE configuration, you can define multiple server > instances on a single computer, each running ColdFusion. > > However it also says about the the alternative multiserver configuration > When you install CF using the multiserver configuration, you can use the > CF Administrator to define multiple server instances on a single computer, > each running CF. > > So that seems to be saying the same thing. Either will do application > isolation, load balancing and failover. What am I missing here and why is > one way better than the other? > Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:312190 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
