Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 3: Advanced Application Development

Chapter 55. Understanding High Availability

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• High Availability Explained 4

• How Do I Know My Server Load? 5

• The High-Availability Plan: Seven Must-Haves for Building High-Availability Solutions 8

• Some Truths About Web Hosting 15

• Active Site Monitoring 15

• The Quality-of-Service Guarantee 16

• What Next? 16

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If you are reading this book, chances are your goal is not only to build a rock-solid ColdFusion application, but also to keep that application running at full speed through active and less-than-active times. At the beginning of the Internet boom, circa 1996, the Internet consisted of hundreds of pages of information, mostly published by universities and private individuals. Although these informational ...