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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by Pierre Labrecque <pi...@live.ca> on 2009/06/21 14:26:18 UTC
[users@httpd] Apache under Windows 2003 or Linux ?
Hello,
Just in case: this is not a kind of troll
I just want to know
+ sorry for
my poor English (I speak French).
I have to install a web server to run several wikis on it. These wikis will
be in use for around 150 to 200 users (Technical Support wikis for a Help
Desk). This web server must be always on, fast, etc
I have read some
comments on the web that said that its a heresy to run Apache on a
Windows 2003 system. But as Im not familiar with Linux (my knowledge about
it is equal to zero), I would like to know if for my needs its OK to run
the web server on a Windows 2003 system. I want a fast server, but as this
is just for 150-200 users (this is not a Google web site!), may I expect
honest performance and stability? What I will install is: Windows 2003,
latest Apache, PHP, MySQl and Mediawiki packages. Nothing else.
Thanks in advance for your comments,
Pierre
Re: [users@httpd] Apache under Windows 2003 or Linux ?
Posted by Sander Temme <sc...@apache.org>.
On Jun 21, 2009, at 5:26 AM, Pierre Labrecque wrote:
> I have to install a web server to run several wikis on it. These
> wikis will be in use for around 150 to 200 users (Technical Support
> wikis for a Help Desk). This web server must be always on, fast,
> etc… I have read some comments on the web that said that it’s a
> “heresy” to run Apache on a Windows 2003 system. But as I’m not
> familiar with Linux (my knowledge
This is not a religion: you should run on whatever you can best
operate and maintain.
> about it is equal to zero), I would like to know if for my needs
> it’s OK to run the web server on a Windows 2003 system. I
Bless you my child, you have been absolved. Apache runs fine on
Windows, you will even find pre-built binaries of the latest Apache
release on the apache.org download site.
> want a fast server, but as this is just for 150-200 users (this is
> not a Google web site!), may I expect honest performance and
> stability? What I will install is: Windows 2003, latest Apache, PHP,
> MySQl and Mediawiki packages. Nothing else.
Same for PHP and MySQL, you can find Windows downloads for both. This
would work well if you want to set up a LAMP (or WAMP) based web
application on a platform you know and can support.
Of course, if you want to learn about Linux, setting up an internal
web site would make for an interesting project to learn on the job.
S.
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Re: [users@httpd] Apache under Windows 2003 or Linux ?
Posted by Lyle Wincentsen <ly...@gmail.com>.
On the other hand, if you were looking for a reason to learn something about
Linux, this sounds like a perfect learning project. (It really is pretty
awesome, IMHO.)
Good luck whatever you decide to do.
-Lyle
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 7:41 AM, André Warnier <aw...@ice-sa.com> wrote:
> Pierre Labrecque wrote:
> I have read some
>
>> comments on the web that said that it’s a “heresy” to run Apache on a
>> Windows 2003 system.
>>
>
> You should not believe everything you read.
> The comment you mention above is probably from a bishop of the Church of
> Microsoft, or a priest of the Church of Open Source. Both these clergies
> tend to be sectarian sometimes.
>
> Apache 2.x works fine under Windows.
>
> Just make sure you disable IIS. You cannot run both IIS and Apache2, in
> their standard configuration (both listening on port 80) at the same time.
>
> Also, as long as we are talking about Windows, if running this Apache is
> going to be the main thing on this server, you might as well have a look at
> all the Windows Services that are started by default, and of which many are
> unnecessary. Changing those from "automatic startup" to "manual startup"
> will save you megabytes of RAM and millions of CPU cycles, to the benefit of
> your Apache server.
> Also beware of virus scanning services and other stuff that has no place on
> a webserver.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [users@httpd] Apache under Windows 2003 or Linux ?
Posted by André Warnier <aw...@ice-sa.com>.
Pierre Labrecque wrote:
I have read some
> comments on the web that said that it’s a “heresy” to run Apache on a
> Windows 2003 system.
You should not believe everything you read.
The comment you mention above is probably from a bishop of the Church of
Microsoft, or a priest of the Church of Open Source. Both these
clergies tend to be sectarian sometimes.
Apache 2.x works fine under Windows.
Just make sure you disable IIS. You cannot run both IIS and Apache2, in
their standard configuration (both listening on port 80) at the same time.
Also, as long as we are talking about Windows, if running this Apache is
going to be the main thing on this server, you might as well have a look
at all the Windows Services that are started by default, and of which
many are unnecessary. Changing those from "automatic startup" to
"manual startup" will save you megabytes of RAM and millions of CPU
cycles, to the benefit of your Apache server.
Also beware of virus scanning services and other stuff that has no place
on a webserver.
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