Finishing Up

You've learned from this chapter that many pieces must come together in order to create highly scalable ColdFusion MX 7 Web sites. Discussing scaling considerations before building your clustered server farm will help alleviate headaches later. By understanding how your clustered Web site will handle user sessions and connect to the Internet and to back-end applications, you'll be better able to develop your applications so that they will scale well. Implementing the best load-balancing solution for your environment will minimize administration time later and provide your site's visitors with a pleasant user experience.