Web Server Software suggestions needed

TerryHough · Post by **TerryHough** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:13 pm

I thought I saw a reply in another topic recently about some suggested web server software, but can't run it up today with a search.

Feel free to suggest your favorite full featured web server software, free or inexpensive.

TIA
Terry

Karbon · Post by **Karbon** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:15 pm

Apache is *it*

http://httpd.apache.org

IIS is free too AFAIK

Beach · Post by **Beach** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:34 pm

On Linux servers, I use Apache, PHP, and MySQL. For Windows servers, I use IIS, PHP & ASP, and MSSQL or MySQL. For me, I would only use IIS if I needed to secure pages with the users NT account ID. For windows, you will need at least 2000 and I have heard there are some low use/low cost MS SQL licenses out there. With all the new tools MySQL has now, I'm not sure why anyone building a small (or large) DB app would not use it.

FloHimself · Post by **FloHimself** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:53 pm

http://www.apachefriends.org/

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:07 pm

http://www.sambar.com

Runs on both Windows and Linux.

DarkDragon · Post by **DarkDragon** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:31 pm

Apache rulez!

[EDIT]
Atomic Webserver too.

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:52 pm

If you want to use asp.net, stay far away from apache. It's junk since you would have to pay tons of money for asp.net support in apache, where in IIS it's free.

DarkDragon · Post by **DarkDragon** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:58 pm

We don't talk about Webservers for 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000GB Space

I am sure, no one in this forum has money for a cluster PC which can transfer such data through fibre glass networks.

Well, Apache is good for most of you.

Karbon · Post by **Karbon** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:13 pm

I think you have to pick your poison based onthe OS you're running on.

For anything Unix-ish I'd use Apache and for anything Windows I'd use IIS.

GedB · Post by **GedB** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:38 am

If you want a good lightweight web server try xitami:

http://www.xitami.org

freedimension · Post by **freedimension** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:00 pm

Karbon wrote:I think you have to pick your poison based onthe OS you're running on.

For anything Unix-ish I'd use Apache and for anything Windows I'd use IIS.

As a developing platform I'm successfully driving Apache on WinXP, can't see anything wrong with that. I like to test my software under almost the same circumstances than in production.

As soon as the webserver is more than a tryout environment I would anyway recommend setting up a LAMP-System (or ordering another one to do so) as I wouldn't have enough trust in a Windows Platform

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:45 pm

@Dani: Actually apache is used by many bigger corporations

and it can handle those users, Yes

DarkDragon · Post by **DarkDragon** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:50 pm

@thefool: I didn't say that apache takes less clients than IIS, I am voting for apache and Atomic Webserver

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:59 pm

ah i get it

atomic webserver is nice yeah

but apache i like. But right now im actually thinking of taking a look at
GedB's suggest of Xitami..
but i dont have a big line, but i can serve some small stuff.

my server is an 2*266 mhz [yeah DUAL] pentium 2

100 mb ram and 15 gb hdd hehe
well i got it 4 free just playing with it

dmoc · Post by **dmoc** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:09 pm

There's http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/tinyweb/