[cfaussie] Re: Server architecture.

[Pat Branley]

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But what about if one of those boxes fails ? This leads me to think you need 2 CF boxes running enterprise with cluster cats. but then if you do that you might as well have 2 of everything ? (sounds more like an Ark than a server farm!)   And assuming your application is entirely written in CF, whats the point of having a separate web server ? all the requests will be forwarded on to CF processing anyways ?   Pat   "Taco Fleur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Maybe there is a bit of latency to deal with when the SQL server is on another machine, but the benefits outweigh those milliseconds lost.   The 4 main benefits you gain from keeping it all separate is   1. security 2. stability 3. scalability 4. upgradeability   But to answer your question, nope I don't know of any white papers, but any decent networking guy should know this, keep it all separate - Web Servers - SQL Servers - Application Servers - Mail Servers   I think if you have an architecture as following   Box1 ColdFusion Box2 SQL Server Box3 Web Server   and a 100MBps network you won't notice any latency and possibly gain speed.   Taco Fleur Blog http://www.tacofleur.com/index/blog/ Methodology http://www.tacofleur.com/index/methodology/ Tell me and I will forget Show me and I will remember Teach me and I will learn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WALTERS Scott Sent: Thursday, 4 March 2004 8:32 AM To: CFAussie Mailing List Subject: [cfaussie] Server architecture. Anyone know about an official paper re best practice server architecture configuration of CFMX, db servers, etc.   Basically looking for something that sais the database server should reside on a separate box to the CF app server. I'm arguing against someone who insists network latency in accessing data has a bigger impact than the sheer load oracle running on the same box as a couple of instances of cfmx app servers.   Thanks   Scott. IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment to it are intended only to be read or used by the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistaken transmission to you. The RTA is not responsible for any unauthorised alterations to this e-mail or attachment to it. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the RTA. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not the intended recipient. --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004