Features such as load balancing and failover are non-trivial to implement if you are only used to dealing with the simplicity of a basic ColdFusion Standard install. You should make sure that these are needed features before you make this investment. It isn't clear from your responses exactly which features in Enterprise are prompting you to upgrade. Your wrote earlier "We only have one computer" which seems odd if your applications are significant enough to make you concerned about load balancing and failover. Maybe it is time to invest in a staging server or a second production server, which would make it easier to test out the new CF configuration. If you want to go with the J2EE route, you might want to have a copy of "Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 3" nearby as a supplement to the manuals.
The upgrade from CF7 to CF8 is very easy. You should be able to switch from CF7 standard to CF8 standard without changing a single line of code. Getting rid of CF7 would simplify your server setup and the code currently running under CF7 should see an immediate speed boost. -Mike Chabot On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> We have CF8 Standard (and CF7 Standard) on our server with >> live website on each. Can we simply enter the CF8 Enterprise >> serial number in order to upgrade the CF8 Standard to >> Enterprise? > > Yes. You can upgrade CF 8 Standard to Enterprise by entering the new license > number. > >> If so, will that allow us to take advantage of >> the multiple instances, load balancing and failover? Ben said >> that we had to install CF8 Enterprise from scratch if we were >> to use the J2EE version. > > No. As Ben mentioned, you would need to install CF 8 Enterprise from scratch > to get those features, since they rely on having a full copy of JRun > installed in addition to CF. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:312202 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
