In the end we found a few problems: 1. Memory leaks (CF needs ram to use CFFILE). 2. Server patches (Windows, CF, and third party programs). 3. More ram (we weren't meeting server specifications).
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We next researched server utilization through tools like Windows Task Manager. The processor was largly being consumed by CF. Long story short... It turned out to be the way CF was handing uploads. Apparently as you're uploading a file (or multiple files) CF loads it into ram until it is finished with it. This of course was not good because the javascript code we had couldn't help to restict large file sizes until after the huge uplaod completed and rested in CF's ram (but thats another story).
Due to some memory leaks (either in Windows or in that version of CF -- I think it was v4.01 at the time) the problem took a while to happen. We patched the server (both Windows and CF) and added more ram (we were really too low anyway at 256MB. We went to 1GB which was expensive at the time). Fortunately for us this solved the problem (for the time being).
As much as I don't want to say "throw money at something", you do have to consider what your needs are and verify you are meeting them (ex. Ram). Server patches never hurt either.
Now here's the kicker. Six months later the problem re-occured. They were going to brush it off as a fluke and reboot the server, however luckily someone called my office. At the time we were lucky enough to have a great engineer who discovered the source of the problem was not in CF (although it did need the extra memory), but a third party program with a memory leak. Due to the memory leak CF eventually ran out of enough ram to accept it's file. The cleint moved the program to another server and the problem never occured again. What they did with the program after that I have no clue nor care :)
Hope this is helpful,
-Jeff
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