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  <title>132 ColdFusion Hosting options with Dakota Clum and Ryan Brown</title>
  <description>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.” 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,&amp;amp;nbsp;  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&amp;amp;nbsp;   VPS Cloud&amp;amp;nbsp;  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 &amp;amp;amp; Optimization  ColdFusion Installation &amp;amp;amp; Configuration Config of CF server and JVM Patches of CF, Java, Windows JVM memory use Tuning to your app CF package manager  Support  Patch &amp;amp;amp; 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&amp;amp;nbsp;    Need for AWS specific features  Docker and Kubernetes&amp;amp;nbsp;  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&amp;amp;nbsp; 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&amp;amp;nbsp;  Fun stories about different xByte customer experiences  &amp;amp;nbsp; Bios Dakota 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:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://www.linkedin.com/in/dakota-clum/ Email:&amp;amp;nbsp;dakota.clum@xbyte.com  &amp;amp;nbsp; 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:&amp;amp;nbsp;Ryan Brown | LinkedIn&amp;amp;nbsp; Email:&amp;amp;nbsp;ryan.brown@xbyte.com  </description>
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