Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse
Code Project
  1. Home
  2. The Lounge
  3. What is the most reliable and popular web server (hardware and software)?

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

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved The Lounge
windows-adminquestionsysadminhardware
66 Posts 26 Posters 0 Views 1 Watching
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

    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.

    D Offline
    D Offline
    Dalek Dave
    wrote on last edited by
    #7

    Helicopter connection?

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

    E 1 Reply Last reply
    0
    • 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.

      D Offline
      D Offline
      David Crow
      wrote on last edited by
      #8

      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

      E 1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • D Dalek Dave

        Helicopter connection?

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

        E Offline
        E Offline
        Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
        wrote on last edited by
        #9

        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.

        D 1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • 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

          J Offline
          J Offline
          James Simpson
          wrote on last edited by
          #10

          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

          D 1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • D David Crow

            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

            E Offline
            E Offline
            Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
            wrote on last edited by
            #11

            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.

            1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • J James Simpson

              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

              D Offline
              D Offline
              David Crow
              wrote on last edited by
              #12

              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

              J 1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • 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.

                D Offline
                D Offline
                Dalek Dave
                wrote on last edited by
                #13

                UNIX?

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

                E 1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • D Dalek Dave

                  UNIX?

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

                  E Offline
                  E Offline
                  Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #14

                  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.

                  D 1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • D David Crow

                    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

                    J Offline
                    J Offline
                    James Simpson
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #15

                    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

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    0
                    • 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.

                      D Offline
                      D Offline
                      Dalek Dave
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #16

                      Heaven 17

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

                      E 1 Reply Last reply
                      0
                      • D Dalek Dave

                        Heaven 17

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

                        E Offline
                        E Offline
                        Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #17

                        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.

                        D 1 Reply Last reply
                        0
                        • 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.

                          D Offline
                          D Offline
                          Dalek Dave
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #18

                          Yes.

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

                          E 1 Reply Last reply
                          0
                          • 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.

                            D Offline
                            D Offline
                            Dan Neely
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #19

                            "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

                            R 1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            • 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

                              J Offline
                              J Offline
                              John M Drescher
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #20

                              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

                              modified on Monday, November 17, 2008 10:33 AM

                              N D 2 Replies Last reply
                              0
                              • D Dalek Dave

                                Yes.

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

                                E Offline
                                E Offline
                                Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #21

                                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.

                                D 1 Reply Last reply
                                0
                                • 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.

                                  D Offline
                                  D Offline
                                  Dalek Dave
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #22

                                  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

                                  R 1 Reply Last reply
                                  0
                                  • J John M Drescher

                                    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

                                    modified on Monday, November 17, 2008 10:33 AM

                                    N Offline
                                    N Offline
                                    Nemanja Trifunovic
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #23

                                    John M. Drescher wrote:

                                    microsoft.com ran on apache just 2 years ago.

                                    It did not. For protection of dns attacks, it was using services of akamai, which runs on linux, but microsoft.com was always on Windows/IIS

                                    Programming Blog utf8-cpp

                                    J R 2 Replies Last reply
                                    0
                                    • 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

                                      N Offline
                                      N Offline
                                      Nemanja Trifunovic
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #24

                                      Tomz_KV wrote:

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

                                      Fortune 1000 companies never heard that, apparently[^]

                                      Programming Blog utf8-cpp

                                      T D 2 Replies Last reply
                                      0
                                      • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                                        John M. Drescher wrote:

                                        microsoft.com ran on apache just 2 years ago.

                                        It did not. For protection of dns attacks, it was using services of akamai, which runs on linux, but microsoft.com was always on Windows/IIS

                                        Programming Blog utf8-cpp

                                        J Offline
                                        J Offline
                                        John M Drescher
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #25

                                        I remember getting apache error messages from microsoft.com back then and I complained to this site that they were running on apache and the consensus was it was ok since microsoft was not a hosting company. [EDIT]Perhaps they were running the apache servers as caching webservers. I know apache does that. [/EDIT]

                                        John

                                        modified on Monday, November 17, 2008 10:52 AM

                                        1 Reply Last reply
                                        0
                                        • 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

                                          N Offline
                                          N Offline
                                          NeverHeardOfMe
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #26

                                          I have about 50+ sites hosted on Windows Server with IIS and find it completely reliable. You must remember that 90% of the anti-MS tirade you hear comes from a quasi-political bias, though even that is giving it more credit that it deserves.... it's just an ill-thought out belief that if it;'s big it must be bad...

                                          T 1 Reply Last reply
                                          0
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Don't have an account? Register

                                          • Login or register to search.
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Recent
                                          • Tags
                                          • Popular
                                          • World
                                          • Users
                                          • Groups