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. ”
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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
ColdFusion Hosting: How To Choose the Best One
Fun stories about different xByte customer experiences
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Bios
Dacota 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
Interview transcript
Michaela Light 0:01
Welcome back to the show. I'm here with Dakota Clum and Ryan Brown from ex byte. And we're going to be talking about cold fusion hosting options and what you should be very careful of when picking a cold fusion host. And what's new in the ColdFusion hosting world this year? So, welcome, Dakota and Ryan.
Dakota Clum 0:23
Thank you. Thanks for having us.
Michaela Light 0:25
And Dakota isn't CTO xByte hosting. He's been involved in ColdFusion hosting for over 15 years. And he loves helping organizations with enterprise cloud solutions. And Ryan has been doing it for 28 years. And he's the Chief Marketing ops officer for x y hosting. So great to see you both here. And I'll put their emails and LinkedIn and any other good links that we dream up into the show notes at teratech.com. So I guess I'm curious what is new in ColdFusion hosting this year?
Ryan Brown 1:03
I mean, we are xByte, that's, that's new. We're new on the scene shaking things up a little bit. So we, we've got tons of experience backing us. But we're, we're I guess we're new to the company is new to the scene. So we're now at the beginning of this year, coming out there shaking things up. And then, of course, Adobe moving to one release every year. That's, that's exciting.
Michaela Light 1:03
Yes, I learned that in a previous episode with Kishore from Adobe. What are both of your reactions to the shift annual releases?
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Michaela Light is the host of the CF Alive Podcast and has interviewed more than 100 ColdFusion experts. In each interview, she asks "What Would It Take to make CF more alive this year?" The answers still inspire her to continue to write and interview new speakers.
Michaela has been programming in ColdFusion for more than 20 years. She founded TeraTech in 1989. The company specializes in ColdFusion application development, security and optimization. She has also founded the CFUnited Conference and runs the annual State of the CF Union Survey.
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