another question would be, what features of coldfusion do you need? maybe open BD would be fine for this application? 52 * free = free or Railo.
how ever this might not be an option for various reasons, but just a thought for you. On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Rob Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have just finished with IBM Australia on a project for USA - The > project is a conversion of a current CD based package for students to a > online delivered solution to approx 3 million users > with approx 1.5 million concurrent users. > > Currently the client is considering a DOT Net front end with a MS SQL > backend - the backend after speaking to IBM today require 28 processors > licences of SQL at 40k per processor > (Why MS SQL at this level is another serious question -re licensing fees) with > approx 82 plus copies of Win 2003 Enterprise licence ... currently we are > unsure of the number of web servers > .. IBM are suggesting 3 Blade Servers each holding 14 blades > > After considering the costs of the front end (web servers) just the windows > licensing costs are huge this naturally brings up the OS costs and then > leads onto the development platform > > Coldfusion has been suggested during the discussion of DOT Net and open > source solutions like PHP however the Coldfusion licence and Linux costs > exceed a Windows licence cost > and a DOT Net solution (a tool is in the process of being written to > dynamically convert the CD to a DOT Net solution so we cant use the > development time as a point) > > In looking at this a bit closer the question may be > Can a blade server use 1 Coldfusion enterprise licence? > OR > each blade within the Blade server be treated as a separate server > requiring a enterprise licence? > OR > is there a major discount for 52 copies of Coldfusion enterprise? > > Any suggestions would be great as currently the feeling is PHP is the way > to go > > Cheers > Rob Wilson > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
