> Nah, Windows is a much better server platform than Linux. Linux is > basically just a toy hobbyist OS. What you need to do is stop using that > "free software" crap--you get what you pay for, you know. IIS is much more > secure and way more stable.
All kidding aside, IIS serves images much faster than Apache does, if the tests we did when I was working at Navitaire are indicative. It may have been because Apache had mod_perl loaded, but we had to use mod_proxy to redirect image requests to lighttpd instead of Apache because Apache would spiral out of control in memory usage when serving lots of images. I don't know the qualifications of the IT people involved or what configurations they used, as I was only responsible for the Perl code. I found it a bit surprising, though, that serving images from lighttpd (on the same machine, no less, just a different port) dropped memory usage to about 1/3 of what was previously seen. Not that I like IIS; I've always used apache myself. Now, where's my flame-retarded suit... Greg /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
