I believe part of the rational will be driven by any content management system or deployment systems you may plan to use.
You can also handle the 2nd with a load balancer (layer 7) On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Michael B. Smith < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The first allows you to handle "redirection" in DNS. > > > > The second requires that you handle redirection within IIS. > > > > I prefer the first. You can find proponents for either. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > *From:* Reimer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Friday, February 29, 2008 4:42 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Best practices in setting up a web site with IIS > > > > Hi folks, > > > > Question in setting up a website. We will be using IIS (this has been > decided by others, and I can't change it). > > > > Should subsites be: > > > > www.subsite.ourdomain.com > > > > or > > > > www.ourdomain.com/subsite > > > > Which is better practice? We will be spreading across multiple servers, > with each server hosting one or two subsites. > > > > If the latter, what the preferred way of setting things up so the subsite > gets pointed to the right server? > > > > I know it's Friday. If you want to wait until Monday, that's fine with me. > > > > > Have a great weekend. > > > > Mark > > > > Mark Reimer; MCSE, MCSA, A+ > > Windows Servers & Networking > > Prairie Bible Institute > > Box 4000 > > Three Hills, AB T0M-2N0 > > Canada > > 403-443-5511 > > www.prairie.edu > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
