132 ColdFusion Hosting options with Dakota Clum and Ryan Brown

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. ”
https://youtu.be/fwMKwg_J2QM
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, 
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 
VPS Cloud 
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 & Optimization
ColdFusion Installation & Configuration
Config of CF server and JVM
Patches of CF, Java, Windows
JVM memory use
Tuning to your app
CF package manager
Support
Patch & 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 
Need for AWS specific features
Docker and Kubernetes 
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 
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 
Fun stories about different xByte customer experiences
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Bios
Dacota 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: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dakota-clum/
Email: dakota.clum@xbyte.com
 
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.