Again, your position is filled with assumptions that may or may not be true, which is why I don't think you should be using Macromedia.com as an example.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Benoit Hediard > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 11:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Macromedia.com scalability (was : RE: [CFCDev] MVCF at > benorama.com) > > It is true that most of the page views of MM.com are handled by static > content. > Most of the pages are .html not .cfm, which is obvious because it is > static > content (probably pre-generated by ColdFusion). > > All large web sites handle their load with static content as much as > possible, which is logic. > But there is usually dynamic sections on those sites where the traffic is > nearly proportional to the traffic on the static sections. > On MM.com : all the RIAs (membership, downloads, exchange), forums... > > Even if we don't have exact public information, those sections should > still > handle a very high load (probably much more than what most of CF > applications will have to handle). > > Anyway, it would be interesting to have the exact figures from MM about > the > load/traffic on the dynamic sections of MM.com. > > Benoit Hediard > www.benorama.com > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] la > > part de Matt Liotta > > Envoye : mercredi 26 mars 2003 16:51 > > A : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Objet : RE: Macromedia.com scalability (was : RE: [CFCDev] MVCF at > > benorama.com) > > > > > > Certainly you have to take static load into account. My point though is > > that if most of the load is static-based then using a high load number > > as a way to showing that the dynamic piece must be good is a flawed > > argument. The dynamic piece may well be good, but there is no public > > information to know for sure and until there is, Macromedia.com should > > NOT be used an example for CF's ability to handle load. > > > > Matt Liotta > > President & CEO > > Montara Software, Inc. > > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > > 888-408-0900 x901 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf > > > Of Todd > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:42 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: Macromedia.com scalability (was : RE: [CFCDev] MVCF at > > > benorama.com) > > > > > > > > > Right, last I knew the CFMX server(s) is connected to the > > webserver(s). > > > If > > > the webservers are too busy to talk to CF, then... is that not an > > > additional load / flaw of the system? So, that's why I say you have > > to > > > take vanilla webserver traffic in account as well. > > > > > > ~Todd > > > > > > At 10:35 AM 3/26/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > > >A well setup web server could serve 10,000 page requests per second, > > > >while most CF applications struggle to achieve 100 page requests per > > > >second. That is a 100x difference, so surely you can see that if most > > of > > > >Macromedia's requests are for a file as opposed to a mixture of > > Flash, > > > >CF, and database stuff then surely the load they claim doesn't apply > > to > > > >CF directly. > > > > > > > >Matt Liotta > > > >President & CEO > > > >Montara Software, Inc. > > > >http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > > > >888-408-0900 x901 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > > > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > > > in the message of the email. > > > > > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > > > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > > in the message of the email. > > > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > in the message of the email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com).
