Built In Webserver or use IIS/Apache Webserver?

[haire]

Hi,

Just want to ask if there are some feature that left behind if i use the

coldfusion builtin webserver to host my production site rather that using IIS or Apache webserver.

is there any pros and cons or limitation using built in webserver?

How about the security? more secure or the same?

i'm using Coldfusion 8 Enterprise and want to host my site in Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5.

Thanks for any suggestion

hairekahfi
http://haire-family.blogspot.com/

[ilssac]

Here is what Adobe has to say (emphasis mine):

Using the built-in web server

The ColdFusion server configuration is built on top of JRun, which includes the JRun web server (JWS), also called the built-in web server. Although not intended for use in a production environment, the built-in  web server is particularly useful in the following cases:

Coexistence/transition

The built-in web server lets you run a previous version of ColdFusion (using an external web server) and ColdFusion (using the built-in web server) on the same computer while you migrate your existing applications to ColdFusion.

Development

If your workstation runs ColdFusion but does not run an external web server, you can still develop and test ColdFusion applications locally through the built-in web server

http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/webservmgmt_3.html

[tclaremont]

I like my dev environment to be as close as possible to my production environment. In my opinion that should dictate your thinking in this area. If your prod server is IIS, go IIS. If it is apache, go apache. I have never even tried the built-in server becuase it was never a consideration for my production sites.