> The 503 error could also be related to the web server (Apache or IIS).
Right. Actually, that's likely: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes#5xx_Server_Error > It all has to do with HOW the site is written. ...and what hardware it's running on. On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Andy Matthews <[email protected]>wrote: > > Greg... > > The 503 error could also be related to the web server (Apache or IIS). > > I'd just tell your friends that ANY site would go down under the traffic > sent by Drudge Report unless it had lots of resources. Hell Twitter has > load > issues weekly and they're running Rails (I think). > > There's NO language that's "Scalable" right out of the box. It all has to > do > with HOW the site is written. > > > andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Luce [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 6:57 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: www.cbo.gov down. CF to blame? > > > I have some friends piling on Coldfusion because the www.cbo.gov website > is > down. Drudge linked to it I guess and crashed the site and they are blaming > CF. The error is HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. Isn't this an > IIS issue? How would you respond to "well the cbo.gov, it's running on > coldfusion. so no big shock there" > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335791 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
