Take the 2-minute tour ×  We have a web application with load
balancing in two machines with a java server(tomcat), ColdFusion
and Apache in front.  Some time ago we notice that the
cfregistry file have different size in both servers: 89Mb in one
and 44Mb in other.  It's normal to have this size? It's normal
they had the size so different?  Thanks in advance.
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accepted  ColdFusion Client Variable storage defaults to the
Registry on Windows, and for Unix/Linux platforms it defaults to
the cf.registry file. The reason is for out-of-the-box ease of
use, but in production this is a silent killer that will slow
ColdFusion down like molasses, and on Unix crash the server
entirely when the cf.registry file becomes to large.
Effectively, ColdFusion is parsing, reading, and writing the
file for every request that uses client variables (even if none
are used in code but cfapplication's clientmanagement attribute
is enabled). This is a bit like treating a fl