We switched servers as well, but they were comparable. We had about 250 Web
sites on a box running WebSite Pro. All the Web sites were running
ColdFusion in some form or another; most had static content as well. 10 to
20 had SSL certs. We switched to a box running IIS and saw "tremendous"
performance gains. The switch was an interim solution: we've since
redistribute the sites to many servers as they are too highly trafficked to
all be on a single server.
Like I said before, I can't back that up with stats. We were not expecting a
performance gain. This was about a year and a half ago. I can't even tell
you what the server config was. But I can tell you that quickly became a
believer in IIS. If you need some stats, here's the ZDNet tests someone else
mentioned:
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/firstlooks/0,6763,305867,00.html
Benjamin S. Rogers
Web Developer, c4.net
voice: (508) 240-0051
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 8:31 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Web servers
On 9/7/00, Steve Pierce penned:
>IIS is a great product and you can't beat the price. But if you need
carrier
>class reliability and scalability and can use CF instead of ASP 3, Website
>is a pretty good solution.
OK, thanks. Everything you said is about what I've heard. Of course,
I heard most of it from you. LOL
I was just concerned that Benjamin said he saw a "tremendous
performance gain" switching from WS to IIS. I'm still wondering why.
I do know that I've got a lowly 512 K connection with about 70 static
sites and about 20 CF sites and the CF sites are "at least" twice as
fast under WS on mine as they were under IIS on Intermedia. Of
course, that would probably change if I put hundreds of CF sites on
the server, which I won't do.
The static sites aren't noticeably slower either.
--
Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations
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ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development
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954.721.3452
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