> -----Original Message----- > From: K0rneliuz Van Strauss XIV [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 9:30 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: XP pro good enough for a webserver? > > i had a box die on me.. and had to throw some stuff on another box > quickly... the only thing i had available is XP pro... running > apache... sqlserver.... memory is good... is xp pro good enough to act > as a webserver?
As good or as bad as anything else really. WinXP is optimized for interface-driven application usage. In the "Advanced", "Performance" area of the "System" control panel applet you can set XP to be optimized for background services. This probably won't make a shred of difference unless you get enough traffic to tax the box. If you do then you might want to look further - you can get more performance from a server OS. But most apps won't even come close to taxing a decent box. WinXP also isn't as secure out of the box as Linux or Win2003 - apply all patches and run a firewall to shore things up before you put it on the network. If the OS will run the software and you don't need to eke every ounce of performance from the box then XP Pro should be a fine web server. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149018 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
