Question
Memory/CPU Requirements of CF7 vs 5
We are finally upgrading our server from CF5 Enterprise to
CF7 MX Enterprise (the CD should arrive this week). However, the
server itself is not being upgraded (yet). It's a 5 year old HP
NetServer, P3, 700 MHz, 1 GB RAM, running on IIS and SQL Server
2000, Win2K Server. I've checked the hardware requirements for CF7,
and it shows we meet the requirements. My question is this: Do some
of the features of CF7 require additional CPU and/or memory
resources, compared to CF5?
For example, I've done some testing on a laptop with Flash Paper, Flash Forms, CFDocument, the reporting program, and updated flash charts, and some of the other advanced features of CF7, and they seem to run slower, require more CPU and/or memory.
Our current server is getting 20,000 hits per day, running 5,000 CFM reports (query/templates) per day, and most of the time fairly quickly (less than 10 secs avg). But the current server is already providing "time-outs" during peak periods. My concern is that after I install CF7, if I upgrade a lot of the current CFM templates to the new features, it will slow down the server even more.
I'm hoping that CF7 is, in some ways, more efficient, so that "efficiency" might make up for any additional resources required for the new CF7 features.
Lastly, is it any more efficient to run on J2EE (or the JRUN) that comes with CF7? vs. IIS? At the very least, I could probably convince the company to upgrade the memory from1 GB to 2GB. Will that make much of a difference with all the new CF7 features, compared to today's CF5? Or are they more CPU than memory intensive (realizing you can never have too much memory).
Thanks for any advice, feedback from anyone who has gone through the upgrade. Thank you.
Gary
For example, I've done some testing on a laptop with Flash Paper, Flash Forms, CFDocument, the reporting program, and updated flash charts, and some of the other advanced features of CF7, and they seem to run slower, require more CPU and/or memory.
Our current server is getting 20,000 hits per day, running 5,000 CFM reports (query/templates) per day, and most of the time fairly quickly (less than 10 secs avg). But the current server is already providing "time-outs" during peak periods. My concern is that after I install CF7, if I upgrade a lot of the current CFM templates to the new features, it will slow down the server even more.
I'm hoping that CF7 is, in some ways, more efficient, so that "efficiency" might make up for any additional resources required for the new CF7 features.
Lastly, is it any more efficient to run on J2EE (or the JRUN) that comes with CF7? vs. IIS? At the very least, I could probably convince the company to upgrade the memory from1 GB to 2GB. Will that make much of a difference with all the new CF7 features, compared to today's CF5? Or are they more CPU than memory intensive (realizing you can never have too much memory).
Thanks for any advice, feedback from anyone who has gone through the upgrade. Thank you.
Gary
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