Dakota Clum and Ryan Brown talk about "ColdFusion Hosting options (what to consider when choosing a CF host)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light.

"……you shouldn't have to be trapped with one hosting option or one provider. So when we think about the AWS are the answers of the world, when there's a need for those specific resources are specific tooling and libraries, we want to be able to support that. So, to your point, there's no kind of lock in, or anything like that you shouldn't do one or the other, you should keep all the options open to you."

Show notes What is new in CF hosting this year?

Adobe is moving to an annual release schedule
- Investment in CF
Adobe committed 10 years of support

What to consider when choosing a CF hosting?

CF support at app level, server layer,
- Responsible esp
updates/hotfix support and proactive patch
CF admin access
All major release of ACF supported and able to rollback to older version during migration if needed
Security
Reliability

Security

Patching
WAF firewall
End point protection

ColdFusion Hosting options

AWS/Google/Azure
- Docker containers
- Easier clustering on the fly, pay only for time needed
- Scalable pricing but harder to budget
VPS Cloud
- Your own server
- Resize on the flip
- Faster and easy backup and restore and cloning
Dedicated server
- Pay monthly
Shared
- Cheaper, but other users can use up resources / crash server
On prem, managed, co-location
- Your own ACF license
- More control of physical server - he organization rule or in

Load balancing

Cluster CF servers
Cluster database servers
Azure SQL Database
Geo-failover
Caching front end such as CloudFlare

ACF Licensing on your own versus a cloud provider

Adobe cloud license
Bring your own license
CPU Core count

ColdFusion Tuning & Optimization

ColdFusion Installation & Configuration
Config of CF server and JVM
Patches of CF, Java, Windows
JVM memory use
Tuning to your app
CF package manager

Support

Patch & Hotfix support
Dedicated box - they self support as their
VPS level has best support
Shared level has worse support, as the money is not there to pay for it
- Might as well self host using Docker and DigitalOcean

ColdFusion Upgrade Protection

Access to new versions for migration testing
Lucee vs ACF
- Older versions

Need for AWS specific features

Docker and Kubernetes

Backups

Backup strategy and retention time
Onsite and offsite
Disaster recovery (DR) plan
Server, CF server settings, CF code, Database
Protection against ransomware attacks
Test your restores and DR plan
Cost vs Downtime

Future of CF hosting

More CF adoption
Multi-cloud
Annual release cycle and new features
App hosting pre-tuned vs genetic CF hosting
AI
- FusionReactor AI features
- CF AI features for security and performance and tuning

Mentioned in this episode

Bios Dakota Clum

Dakota is CTO at xByte Hosting with a specialization in cloud and dedicated infrastructure solutions. He is responsible for delivering secure and innovative solutions that helps organizations reach scale. With a strong focus on customer satisfaction and innovative problem-solving, Dakota possesses a passion for helping organizations adopt enterprise cloud solutions.

Links

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dakota-clum/
Email: dakota.clum@xbyte.com

Ryan Brown

CMO for xByte hosting

Ryan graduated from Virginia Tech with an Accounting Information Systems degree and has been in the I.T. industry for 28 years. His career began talking to customers about their business needs as a sales engineer for an ERP software company. Since then, he has ventured into product management, marketing, and multiple leadership roles. Beyond knowledge of both software and hardware technologies, he has an expertise in understanding business' needs and finding the right solution.

Links

LinkedIn: Ryan Brown | LinkedIn
Email: ryan.brown@xbyte.com