I did a bit of testing about a year ago comparing the two (CF 4.5 on Red Hat Linux w/ Apache, 4.5 on NT 4.0 w/ IIS), running on similar hardware and the same application. I was looking at the load handling capabilities, and used Microsoft's stress test tool to simulate a large no. of users, and also browsing the site at the same time to see what the experience was like for a user when there was so much activity. Linux definitely outperformed Windows on that front, pages were returned quicker, and when the loads got really high CF Windows started to take really long and timeout before CF Linux did. Also what was particularly interesting was that at extreme loads that choked both servers, CF Linux was usually able to resume serving pages when the load was reduced to normal levels again, while with windows I typically had to reboot the system.
You know what I'd love to try though ? (if I could find the time) CF on the Intel compatible version of Solaris - anybody ever experimented with that? ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Sleeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 11:20 AM Subject: Re: CF and Linux - anyone? Anyone? Bueller? > While I havn't used it in a production scenario, I have used it from a > development standpont, briefly. What I found was this... > 1) Case sensitivity - developing CF apps under windows for the last 2 years > (before that I was at univerisity using solaris) had made me real sloppy > when it came to making sure that the cases all matched up :-) When I > ported the app I was developing to my linux box I had to write a couple of > recursive templates to fix up the case of the 500 odd files and references > to those files. Did the job ok for the most part but still a pain in the > proverbial > > 2) Databases. I had originally intended to use one of those ODBC bridges to > put the access database on a windows machine (that's the only way of doing > it), but in the end I decided it was easier to just write the SQL. I > looked at mySQL, but the lack of sub-selects really bites IMHO, in the end > I went with postgres and it worked well. > > 3) CFStudio, until you have to go without (not available under Linux) you > don't realise how much you use that tag-insight. > > 4) Java - fscking Java ! I just could not get Java custom tags to > work under Linux. Tried for hours to get it working to no avail. I gave > up in the end. > > All in all, it worked well, I "felt" that the CF server ran somewhat faster > - but I didn't make any actual tests between the two. Getting JAVA working > - well, that was a big problem, although others don't seem to have had the > same trouble so it might just be that I'm using Debian instead of the > typical redhat guff.Not having CFSTUDIO or similar available was a > downside, but not a show-stopper, it'd probably just make me know more CF > off the top oif my head. If our hosting partner used CF & Linux togethor > and had Postgres available for that then I'd be tempted to use Linux at > work instead of WindowsNT, I'd have to be able to get Java working first > though, unfortunatly thoughall thier CF hosting is on Windows machines, and > even on thier linux boxen they only have MySQLL available. > > At 10:43 PM 10/5/2001, you wrote: > >We're a CF shop and we're pondering the idea of trying to ditch Windoze as > >much as possible, if not entirely, on the development/production server > >environments. Obviously the choices are CF on Linux, probably running Oracle > >and Access DBs (if, indeed, Access DBs still function properly as far as > >fielding queries, etc. under Linux, when the file is present in the Linux > >filesystem and a datasource pointed at it). > > > >I'd like to hear from some folks out there in CF-Talkland who've bit the > >bullet and have put CF under Linux into 'real' use - i.e. production sites, > >etc. Also would like to hear what you've done as far as the DB goes - which > >ones you've used, good/bad things about each, etc. > > > >Replies off-list, if you would, please. > > > >Thanks! > >--Scott > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
