About multiserver configuration
When you install ColdFusion using the multiserver
configuration, the installation wizard automatically deploys and
configures ColdFusion on its own JRun server. This configuration
supports server instance creation in the ColdFusion Administrator
and lets you manage ColdFusion deployments on multiple JRun servers.
If you already have JRun 4 installed and you want to use the
server instance creation feature of ColdFusion, you must uninstall
it before you install the multiserver configuration of ColdFusion.
When you use the multiserver configuration,
you can use the ColdFusion Administrator to define multiple server
instances on a single computer, each running ColdFusion. Running
multiple instances of ColdFusion has the following advantages:
- Application isolation
- You
deploy an independent application to each server instance. Each
server instance has separate settings, and because each server instance
runs in its own instance of the JVM, problems encountered by one
application have no effect on other applications.
- Load balancing and failover
- You
deploy the same application to each server instance and add the
instances to a cluster. The web server connector optimizes performance
and stability by automatically balancing load and by switching requests
to another server instance when a server instance stops running.
For
more information on configuring ColdFusion on multiple server instances, including
detailed information for configuring multiple server instances when running
on JRun 4, see the Configuring and Administering Adobe® ColdFusion® 9 guide.
For
more information about J2EE servers, see ColdFusion and J2EE application servers.
