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What is the most reliable and popular web server (hardware and software)?

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  • T Tomz_KV

    I often hear people say that IIS on Windows server is not reliable and not suitable for a big site. What is reliable and popular one? Does anyone know if there is any analysis/statistics done on different web server hardware and software?

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    David Crow
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    Tomz_KV wrote:

    What is reliable and popular one?

    Apache.

    "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

    "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

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      Tomz_KV wrote:

      What is reliable and popular one?

      Apache.

      "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

      "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

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      Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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      17 (bonus points to anyone that gets the reference)

      Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
      Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
      Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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        17 (bonus points to anyone that gets the reference)

        Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
        Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
        Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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        Dalek Dave
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        Latest [Stable] release?

        ------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

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          Latest [Stable] release?

          ------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

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          Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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          nope

          Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
          Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
          Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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            nope

            Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
            Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
            Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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            Dalek Dave
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            Helicopter connection?

            ------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

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              Helicopter connection?

              ------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

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              Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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              nope, hint: "Red Rocket"

              Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
              Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
              Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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              • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                17 (bonus points to anyone that gets the reference)

                Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                David Crow
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                A song by Winger? A magazine? A stalag in WWII? The age of Michael Myers' victims? Harry Potter's age? Ken Griffey Jr.'s jersey number? Haiku syllables? Life cycle of a cicada?

                "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

                "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

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                • T Tomz_KV

                  I often hear people say that IIS on Windows server is not reliable and not suitable for a big site. What is reliable and popular one? Does anyone know if there is any analysis/statistics done on different web server hardware and software?

                  TOMZ_KV

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                  James Simpson
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                  Tomz_KV wrote:

                  I often hear people say that IIS on Windows server is not reliable and not suitable for a big site

                  I would say thats complete tosh

                  James Simpson Web Developer imebgo@hotmail.com P S - This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated
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                    Tomz_KV wrote:

                    I often hear people say that IIS on Windows server is not reliable and not suitable for a big site

                    I would say thats complete tosh

                    James Simpson Web Developer imebgo@hotmail.com P S - This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated
                    Mitch Hedberg

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                    David Crow
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                    You don't believe that Tomz_KV heard folks saying this, or you don't believe what they said?

                    "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

                    "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

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                      A song by Winger? A magazine? A stalag in WWII? The age of Michael Myers' victims? Harry Potter's age? Ken Griffey Jr.'s jersey number? Haiku syllables? Life cycle of a cicada?

                      "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

                      "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

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                      Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                      Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope :p

                      Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                      Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                      Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                      • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                        nope, hint: "Red Rocket"

                        Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                        Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                        Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                        UNIX?

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                          UNIX?

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                          Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                          This is more fun then CCC and nope. Think pop culture.

                          Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                          Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                          Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                            You don't believe that Tomz_KV heard folks saying this, or you don't believe what they said?

                            "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

                            "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

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                            James Simpson
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                            I dont believe what they said, IIS is not unreliable

                            James Simpson Web Developer imebgo@hotmail.com P S - This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated
                            Mitch Hedberg

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                            • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                              This is more fun then CCC and nope. Think pop culture.

                              Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                              Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                              Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                              Dalek Dave
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                              Heaven 17

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                                Heaven 17

                                ------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

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                                Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                                I have a feeling you are just going to guess until I just tell you the answer.

                                Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                                Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                                Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                                • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                                  I have a feeling you are just going to guess until I just tell you the answer.

                                  Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                                  Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                                  Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                                  Dalek Dave
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                                  Yes.

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                                    17 (bonus points to anyone that gets the reference)

                                    Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                                    Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                                    Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                                    Dan Neely
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                                    "What integer when divided by 2.5 and rounded up to the nearest integer results in 17?" :rolleyes:

                                    Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                                    • T Tomz_KV

                                      I often hear people say that IIS on Windows server is not reliable and not suitable for a big site. What is reliable and popular one? Does anyone know if there is any analysis/statistics done on different web server hardware and software?

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                                      John M Drescher
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                                      apache on linux. Apache is the most used web server (although IIS is catching up). Even microsoft.com ran on apache just 2 years ago. I would say one of the big reasons for its popularity is that it fits very well in the rack server and vps ([^]). One of the big benefits is to run many web servers on their own virtual machine inside of a rack server without the overhead of having a windowing environment installed. On top of that linux machines do not need to be updated frequently. And the updates can be totally automated (cron job to update 1 time a week) if you want that.

                                      John

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                                      • D Dalek Dave

                                        Yes.

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                                        Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                                        In the episode of South Park called Red Rocket the parents ask Chef when it is appropriate for a child to have sex and he answers 17. The parents, shocked, make several queries to change the answer to which Chef always replies 17. It is a parody of Dave's answer because he gave an absolute answer to a question that realistically requires a context.

                                        Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                                        Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                                        Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                                        • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                                          In the episode of South Park called Red Rocket the parents ask Chef when it is appropriate for a child to have sex and he answers 17. The parents, shocked, make several queries to change the answer to which Chef always replies 17. It is a parody of Dave's answer because he gave an absolute answer to a question that realistically requires a context.

                                          Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                                          Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                                          Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                                          Dalek Dave
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                                          I had got as far as "Apache" the tune being performed by a Berlin group called 17 Hippies! Here[^]

                                          ------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

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