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VI. Differences between the development (test) server and the production (live) servers

 

Please remember: There are to be NO production applications hosted on www7.georgetown.edu - this server is ONLY for development purposes. The development server is where you will develop, test, or upgrade your application before publishing to a production server. Your application must comply with production standards before you can publish to a production server.

The production server(s) are where your applications can be viewed by visitors. Your production server number will be on the e-mail sent to you by webmaster at georgetown.edu.

The reason we have a development and production server is that these servers run ColdFusion. While it does not happen often, ColdFusion errors can bring down the entire server. This is why we ask everyone to test their sites on www7.georgetown.edu first. If an application causes www7 to crash, no live Web sites are brought down. However, if untested ColdFusion applications are placed on a production server and cause that to crash, ALL of the live applications and Web sites on that server will be unavailable.


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