+1. The things I can do because of mod_rewrite and mod_proxy alone are worth using apache. IIS should technically be faster because it runs as a kernel process, I believe, but these days it doesn't matter. As was said many times, both apache and IIS can saturate the network connection using any recent pc. The performance is really going to depend on the backend tool you use, and if you don't use .NET, there is no point running IIS. Apache is FAR more configurable, and has a lot more FREE modules that let you do amazing things.
For example: Let say you want to have your development server available externally, over port 80. Your isp blocks port 80. How would you solve this with IIS? With apache you can just set up a virtual site on your production server and have it proxy the content from your dev server over a different port. Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Wilkerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:54 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: URL for CF7 Multi-Server configurations > > I prefer Apache for a lot of reasons, but I've never done any > benchmarking and can't say with any certainty whether it's faster. I > mostly know that it's FAR more extensible and configurable and that > makes my life much easier. > > On 10/27/06, Dave Hatz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Apache on a Win Box is faster than IIS6? Is that really true? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 1:19 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: URL for CF7 Multi-Server configurations > > > > I also find Apache is faster and more reliable. We use IIS at our > company > > but that is due to our links with Microsoft, I would happily move to > Apache > > if I could! > > > > I run both locally for testing etc. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:258275 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
