Web Server 2003 vs. Vista

I am thinking of buying a new web server and I'm wondering if I should
buy Web Server 2003 or Vista.

Anybody got any wisdom to offer?

Thanks in advance,

Bob Sweeney

Tom
Mon Feb 19 10:23:00 CST 2007

Windows Web Server 2003 is a server. Vista is not a server.

"Bob" <Go1369@Yahoo.Com> wrote in message
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|I am thinking of buying a new web server and I'm wondering if I should
| buy Web Server 2003 or Vista.
|
| Anybody got any wisdom to offer?
|
| Thanks in advance,
|
| Bob Sweeney
|

Bob
Mon Feb 19 10:29:32 CST 2007

On Feb 19, 5:23 pm, "Tom Willett" <tompep...@mvps.invalid> wrote:
> Windows Web Server 2003 is a server. Vista is not a server.
>
> "Bob" <Go1...@Yahoo.Com> wrote in message
>
> news:1171898707.558407.91110@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> |I am thinking of buying a new web server and I'm wondering if I should
> | buy Web Server 2003 or Vista.
> |
> | Anybody got any wisdom to offer?
> |
> | Thanks in advance,
> |
> | Bob Sweeney
> |

Tom, Vista has IIS on it, and I read it can handle unlimited
concurrent users....so why not use it as a web server?

Bob

Terry
Mon Feb 19 15:47:18 CST 2007



"Bob" wrote:

> On Feb 19, 5:23 pm, "Tom Willett" <tompep...@mvps.invalid> wrote:
> > Windows Web Server 2003 is a server. Vista is not a server.
> >
> > "Bob" <Go1...@Yahoo.Com> wrote in message
> >
> > news:1171898707.558407.91110@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > |I am thinking of buying a new web server and I'm wondering if I should
> > | buy Web Server 2003 or Vista.
> > |
> > | Anybody got any wisdom to offer?
> > |
> > | Thanks in advance,
> > |
> > | Bob Sweeney
> > |
>
> Tom, Vista has IIS on it, and I read it can handle unlimited
> concurrent users....so why not use it as a web server?
>
> Bob
>

Curious, where did you read this?

Jeje
Mon Feb 19 22:26:14 CST 2007

I have found this article:
http://www.code-magazine.com/Article.aspx?quickid=060103

I'm not sure if the scalability will be the same under Vista vs Win 2003


"Terry" <Terry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Bob" wrote:
>
>> On Feb 19, 5:23 pm, "Tom Willett" <tompep...@mvps.invalid> wrote:
>> > Windows Web Server 2003 is a server. Vista is not a server.
>> >
>> > "Bob" <Go1...@Yahoo.Com> wrote in message
>> >
>> > news:1171898707.558407.91110@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> > |I am thinking of buying a new web server and I'm wondering if I should
>> > | buy Web Server 2003 or Vista.
>> > |
>> > | Anybody got any wisdom to offer?
>> > |
>> > | Thanks in advance,
>> > |
>> > | Bob Sweeney
>> > |
>>
>> Tom, Vista has IIS on it, and I read it can handle unlimited
>> concurrent users....so why not use it as a web server?
>>
>> Bob
>>
>
> Curious, where did you read this?

Wade
Mon Feb 19 22:32:09 CST 2007

Hello,

It is correct that IIS 7 on Vista does not have a user limit, like IIS 5.1
did. It does, however, have a limit to the number of concurrent requests
that it will process (off the top of my head, I think it's 10.) It will
start to queue the requests if the incoming load is sufficient to exceed the
10 requests.

The important part for this thread is that IIS 7 on Vista is intended as a
development platform. It was not designed or tested to be robust in the
role of a server. We are doing a substantial amount of performance, stress,
and reliability work for the server release of IIS 7, which will ship with
Microsoft's next server version of Windows.

If you are looking to deploy a server, with a server workload, then you
should be looking at Windows 2003 Server and IIS 6 and not Vista.

Thank you,
-Wade A. Hilmo,
-Microsoft

"Terry" <Terry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Bob" wrote:
>
> > On Feb 19, 5:23 pm, "Tom Willett" <tompep...@mvps.invalid> wrote:
> > > Windows Web Server 2003 is a server. Vista is not a server.
> > >
> > > "Bob" <Go1...@Yahoo.Com> wrote in message
> > >
> > > news:1171898707.558407.91110@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > > |I am thinking of buying a new web server and I'm wondering if I
should
> > > | buy Web Server 2003 or Vista.
> > > |
> > > | Anybody got any wisdom to offer?
> > > |
> > > | Thanks in advance,
> > > |
> > > | Bob Sweeney
> > > |
> >
> > Tom, Vista has IIS on it, and I read it can handle unlimited
> > concurrent users....so why not use it as a web server?
> >
> > Bob
> >
>
> Curious, where did you read this?

Bob
Tue Feb 20 03:59:18 CST 2007

On Feb 20, 5:32 am, "Wade A. Hilmo [MS]" <w...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It is correct that IIS 7 on Vista does not have a user limit, like IIS 5.1
> did. It does, however, have a limit to the number of concurrent requests
> that it will process (off the top of my head, I think it's 10.) It will
> start to queue the requests if the incoming load is sufficient to exceed the
> 10 requests.
>
> The important part for this thread is that IIS 7 on Vista is intended as a
> development platform. It was not designed or tested to be robust in the
> role of a server. We are doing a substantial amount of performance, stress,
> and reliability work for the server release of IIS 7, which will ship with
> Microsoft's next server version of Windows.
>
> If you are looking to deploy a server, with a server workload, then you
> should be looking at Windows 2003 Server and IIS 6 and not Vista.
>
> Thank you,
> -Wade A. Hilmo,
> -Microsoft
>
> "Terry" <T...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:21B684AF-CF5B-48C7-909D-E105500F32E3@microsoft.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Bob" wrote:
>
> > > On Feb 19, 5:23 pm, "Tom Willett" <tompep...@mvps.invalid> wrote:
> > > > Windows Web Server 2003 is a server. Vista is not a server.
>
> > > > "Bob" <Go1...@Yahoo.Com> wrote in message
>
> > > >news:1171898707.558407.91110@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > > > |I am thinking of buying a new web server and I'm wondering if I
> should
> > > > | buy Web Server 2003 or Vista.
> > > > |
> > > > | Anybody got any wisdom to offer?
> > > > |
> > > > | Thanks in advance,
> > > > |
> > > > | Bob Sweeney
> > > > |
>
> > > Tom, Vista has IIS on it, and I read it can handle unlimited
> > > concurrent users....so why not use it as a web server?
>
> > > Bob
>
> > Curious, where did you read this?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Terry, thank you very much for taking the time to explain the
differences.

I can see that Web Server 2003 is clearly the better choice IF I was
hosting "real" web applications. Unfortunately for me, and although I
spent over 20,000 hours on my totally freakin awesome web app
(www.OrderingMadeEasy.Com) I failed and so I have no users nor
clients...nada zilch none.....

So I need to have my Order Taking app available in the unlikely event
that someone would actually want to use it...and also to display my
other 10 registered domains and applications
(www.DublinFriendMaker.Com, wwwTimesheet.Com, and many others, see
www.1369.com or www.BobSweeney.Net).

I also show my programs to showcase my work and sell my consulting
services....but getting over 10 hits per second is a dream that
probably won't come true, although I'm still trying.

Can you comment on the above, I appreciate your insight and knowledge.


Thanks very much,

Bob Sweeney