Mike Collins talks about “Scaling Your ColdFusion Applications (Clusters, Containers and Load Tips)” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light.

In this session, we will answer common questions around deploying applications across multiple JVM instances, servers or containers.  How many instances, servers or containers do you really need? What happens when an instance goes down? What is the best way to manage sessions? We will look at key performance metrics and session management strategies to increase your uptime and improve your end-users overall experience. Session topics will include: Using Local and Remote Web Servers, Load Balancing (Hardware and Software based), Tomcat Connector Features, Understanding ColdFusion Clustering, Using Docker Containers and Orchestration, Using Session Management Strategies, API Based Applications, Load Testing Applications and Security and Monitoring.  We will have several demonstrations along the way.

Show notes

Why CF scaling matters

Faster site

Reliable - no single point of failure

Seamless sessions between servers in a cluster - esp ecom

What are common scaling issues

How much JVM memory to allocate

Garbage collection settings

Connector best practices, connector admin manager → key metric

Plan for alerts and snapshots

Deploying applications across multiple JVM instances, servers or containers.  

How many instances, servers or containers do you really need?  

What happens when an instance goes down?  

What is the best way to manage sessions?

Key performance metrics and session management strategies to increase your uptime and improve your end-users overall experience.

Server Sizing

CPU

Memory

Using Local and Remote Web Servers

Load Balancing (Hardware and Software based)

Tomcat Connector Features

Understanding ColdFusion Clustering

Using Docker Containers and Orchestration

Using Session Management Strategies

API Based Applications

Microservices

Load Testing Applications and Security and Monitoring.  

Why are you proud to use CF?

WWIT for you to make CF more alive this year?

What are you looking forward to at CF Summit East?

Mentioned in this episode

EHcache

Redis

CF Server monitor

FusionReactor

Sticky Sessions

Round Robin

F5 load balancer

Kubernetes (container orchestration)

JMeter load testing

CF Summit East

Listen to the Audio

Bio

Mike Collins

Senior ColdFusion consultant at SupportObjective providing development, services including applications, migration projects, and annual ColdFusion support. Mike started using ColdFusion during his time with Allaire, Macromedia, and Adobe.  Over the years Mike has given several ColdFusion conference sessions concerning developing and architecting ColdFusion applications.

Links

Support Objective

Interview transcript

Michaela:         Welcome back to the show. I'm here with Mike Collins and we're going to be talking about scaling your ColdFusion Applications. And we'll look at some of the JBM things you can do that and some of the key performance metrics and session management strategies you might use. And we'll look at both using local servers and using clever things like Docker to do it more remotely. So, we'll also briefly look at load testing security and monitoring if you will scaling your application. So welcome Mike.

Mike:               Welcome, thank you.

Michaela:         And in case you don't know Mike, he's been with ColdFusion since it was born back in the earlier days. He used to work at he's been at Macromedia and Adobe. And now he's got his own business school Support Objectives that provides annual ColdFusion support and consulting. So, he's a really smart guy I am so happy you got him here on the show today.

So yes. So, tell us you know why is scaling important in the ColdFusion world, because maybe people haven't really thought about this topic?...