We are fortunate enough to operate in an environment where we are alotted ample hardware resources, so we can operate separate physical servers if that's the recommendation. The point about development failures affecting our test environment is well-taken. To date, we've not needed to run load testing on our sites; our sites don't typically experience heavy traffic. Moving forward, we are open to doing things differently or implementing virtualization if the flexibility it allows outweighs the issue raised by Dave.
> In an ideal world, everything is on a separate physical server, with > a > redundant backup. But using a single machine or VMs can be suitable. > There are, of course, different considerations for all of these > scenarios. For example, if you use a single machine, what's the > likelihood that a failure in your development environment could cause > a resource-based denial of service in your test environment? Do you > plan to run load tests in your testing environment? > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:331537 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
