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CF10 - New Install - Should be a simple question.

Aug 7, 2012 1:29 PM

I admit, I'm a bit rusty.  I haven't done a CF Server install since MX. 

 

This is a new install on Win 2008 R2 64-Bit.  It is running IIS and the default website location is on the F: volume.  I'm keeping it on the F: volume. 

 

So, looking at my old MX installation, I installed Coldfusion on the F: volume.  I can't remember why, it was 10 years ago. 

 

Should I install CF to C:\ as it defaults to and it recognizes the default website and everything or should I install it to the F: volume? 

 

What is the best practice here?

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  • GKiew
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    1. GKiew,
    Aug 8, 2012 9:17 AM   in reply to grotycom
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    I usually use the defaul, C, inetpub, www, and put all my projects under www. It's painless. But you should be able to run CF in F too

     
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  • Miguel-F
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    2. Miguel-F,
    Aug 8, 2012 9:30 AM   in reply to grotycom
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    I never install to the default location.  I believe it is security best practice to install to a non-default location.  Technically, either way should work fine.

     
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  • Adam Cameron.
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    3. Adam Cameron.,
    Aug 8, 2012 1:14 PM   in reply to grotycom
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    I would never install an application to a network drive: network drives are for data, not apps (that's a gross simplification, I know).  Every time the CF app in memory needs to access a file, it's going to have to ask the network for permission, which is significantly slower than running locally.  I'd install the app to a local HDD, and then home the data on the network, perhaps.  Although I'd not want to run it via a mapped drive.

     

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  • grotycom
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    4. grotycom,
    Aug 8, 2012 1:26 PM   in reply to Adam Cameron.
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    Thanks everyone, I went ahead and installed on the F: Volume, everything is great.

     

    Adam, F: is not a network drive, it's local.

     
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  • Carl Von Stetten
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    5. Carl Von Stetten,
    Aug 8, 2012 2:32 PM   in reply to grotycom
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    I believe that the CF9 Server Lockdown Guide suggests installing CF on a separate drive than the OS is installed on, for security.  This should still be considered a best practice for CF10 as well.  It also suggests putting web site files on a 3rd drive (separate from CF and the OS).

     
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