I have found Win2k completely stable with Apache/PHP/mySQL. Not one issue!
If you are talking IIS combo, then yes issues will arise. I don't see any performance hit on this setup as a CGI. I think you are being a bit bias towards Windoze. Windows 2k is quite stable. The thing about win2k is that it is as stable as the person who built it. I prefer to run PHP/mysql on its native platform of linux, but it runs great on both systems. -----Original Message----- From: Curtis Maurand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 11:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mysql/php on Win2000 The only problem with Win2K is that a lot of the components for PHP aren't there. Also PHP will run as an ISAPI module, but its not recommended. The preferred method is as a CGI (read 25% performance hit). Win2K doesn't multi-task/multi-thread as well as either of the *nix's mentioned and its not as efficient with memory utilization/swap as any *nix on or off the market. Even OS/2 was better about it than Windoze is. Also bear in mind that I've never found Windows to be anywhere near as stable as Unix, though its gotten better. Curtis Chris Hedemark said: >> Any advice, or links to useful docs would be appreciated. > > You did say *any* advice. Keep that in mind... > > My advice to you is to load some popular flavor of UNIX on that > machine, such as Linux or OpenBSD, in order to have a more standard > environment for this. Windows may work, but you're going to be very > lonely finding help for that combination of OS and software. But on > the UNIX side you can't throw a rock without hitting someone who is > effectively running the combination of UNIX/Apache/MySQL/PHP. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To > unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble > unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
