Thanks Carlie, useful info. On Feb 9, 11:54 am, "charlie arehart" <[email protected]> wrote: > Barry, to be clear, just upgrading to CF8 won't get you the CF Server > Monitor--you do need to be using the Enterprise (or Developer) edition. > > As for how they compare, no one has done a close analysis (that I know of). > I will say that I use both, every day, often on the same server (both my own > and those of others): yes, that means that I and others run FusionReactor on > CF 8/9 Enterprise/Developer servers. It may seem redundant, but it's not. > > For instance, FR does tremendous logging. The CF Server Monitor does none. > Sometimes, you need to see details of what was happening in the past (such > as before a crash, or just hours/days/months ago), and having those FR logs > can be vital. They track each request, each query (if such tracking is > enabled for a DSN), as well as overall stats every 5 seconds (by default) > which high-level counters like number of running/completed requests, number > of running/completed queries, memory use, CPU (CF and system), and more. > > I am also surprised to find that both the memory graph in both the CF > Monitor and SeeFusion show the top of the y axis as the amount of > *allocated* memory, rather than the max memory (xmx). Of course, if mxs=xmx, > then it's not an issue, but for those who do run xms<xmx, the graphs in > those other monitors can lead one to think "memory is running out", when > it's not. > > All that said, I'm a fan of all three monitoring tools. Each adds something > that the other doesn't. My focus here was more on your specific point, > about whether a CF 8/9 Enterprise server would benefit from having FR as > well. And again, for sure, if you're not going to be running Enterprise, > then you will want to consider either FR or SF (or both). I actually run all > three (on multiple servers) and have found there to be no negative impact > from them, though I realize our inclination would be that any monitoring > must cause some overhead. > > /charlie > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of BarryC > > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:25 PM > > To: cfaussie > > Subject: [cfaussie] FusionReactor vs built in Coldfusion 8 monitor > > > Hi All > > > we are looking at getting FusionReactor, but will be upgrading from > > Coldfusion 7 to Coldfusion 8 in several months. > > How does FusionReactor compare to the Coldfusion 8 monitor tool built > > in to the CF Administrator, does it provide much on top of the > > Coldfusion 8 monitor, or is it worth just waiting till we upgrade to > > Coldfusion 8? > > > Thanks > > Barry. > > > -- > > 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.
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