that's the easiest option as long your machine has the power and diskspace and probably better even to have just 1 VM to save cluttering up your desktop pc with all those server apps auto starting and consuming your resources and slowing it down. If you have a single CPU this could be a bit slow though, I would suggest a dual core as minimum.
I run windows 7 64bit on my desktop with 8gb RAM and a quad core CPU, so I don't really have any issues with running everything at the same time in here, so no need for a VM, although I do keep an unbuntu VM to hand in case I need it. On my laptop I have windows 7, a core2 mobile cpu and 2.5 gb ram. It struggles a bit running a VM (prob due to the mobile cpu) and everything runs fairly slow, so I prefer to just run Multiple instances of CF, railo, MSSQL, MySQL etc in a STOPPED state and just start the services I need as and when I need them. I do this with a batch file for each setup. e.g. CF7_mysql.bat will just start cf7 and mysql cf8_MSSQL.bat will just start cf8 and MSSQL you get the idea. On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Mark Mandel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've always liked using Virtual Machines: > > http://www.compoundtheory.com/?action=displayPost&ID=334 > > Mark > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 5:00 AM, Russ Michaels <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > the only problem with this is that cf7 and cf8 may not work correctly if > at > > all with the version of java installed with cf9. > > In which case, you will need to install an older version of java and > create > > a separate jvm.config for each instance. > > this article will help you with that. > > > > > http://www.n8williams.com/devblog/coldfusion/multiple-coldfusion-instances-with-separate-jvm-configs-as-windows-services > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Jacob Munson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > You will want to install CF9 first to make sure you get the most > current > > > JVM. Install the Multi-server version of CF. In your new CF 9 Admin, > > add > > > a > > > new CF9 instance in the Instance Manager. Then install CF8 and CF7 as > > J2EE > > > EARs. Finally, you can add the CF8/CF7 EARs as instances in your CF9 > > > Instance Manager. If you wish, you can add the instances to your web > > > server > > > to avoid having to use the ported sites. > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > What would be the best way to do this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:337031 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
