Hi folks! :o)
I need some advice.
I just got out of a meeting with my client and one thing that came up is
whether or not to move to CF Enterprise Edition. The IT manager out here
wants us to move to a three tiered architecture where we have our web
server in the DMZ, and both our application server and database server
separate. Currently we run IIS on the same box as CF (which is running
as a service), and we access tables in two different types of databases
(and old version of DB2 and some very old FoxPro tables... I know: not
technically a database).
I understand that with the enterprise edition CF comes the ability to do
clustering, which we may want to do in the future, but I don't know a
whole heck of a lot beyond that, and in fact have never really used the
enterprise edition before.
My client is under the impression that we cannot do this sort of
three-tier separation using the standard edition of CF, and to be
honest, I don't know that that's *not* true.
So the very general question is what benefits do we get from switching
to the enterprise edition?
More specifically though:
1. Is my client right? Can we only do this sort of three-tiered
architecture using the enterprise edition of CF?
2. We're anticipating that we will have between 300 and 500 users
(give or take) when all is said and done. That compares to *maybe*
a hundred users right now. Is that sufficient to require clustering?
3. If we do end up getting enterprise and wanting to cluster servers
together, is that difficult to set up? And...
4. ... would I have to make any changes to the way that I code to
take advantage of clustering?
5. What are the advantages/disadvantages of running CF as a service
versus running it as an instance on a J2EE application server? (am
I saying that right?)
I'm anxious to hear what everyone has to say about all this.
Thanks,
Chris
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http://www.cjordan.us
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