Hi Ernie.
Could you describe how you managed to set up IIS and a servlet engine?
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> Varitimos
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 2:34 PM
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> Subject: Re: jserv v/s others?
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>
> There are several issues to consider when mixing MS
> components with Java and
> other industry components that make IIS 4.0 less appealing
> than Apache.
> Especially if you want to use Index Server to provide search
> capabilities. When
> you install Index Server, you also have to install MTS (for
> COM support), then
> most of the configuration for Index Server is actually done
> in the Management
> Console for IIS not in Index Server. So, configuration is
> extremely confusing
> because it is not obvious where to go to setup certain functionality.
>
> We had to spend an inordinate amount of time on Microsoft's
> support line (2
> separate configuration issues at $275 per incident, makes the
> claim of "comes
> free with NT" seem ludicrous. I will have to admit though,
> that the MS support
> people were professional, even though they didn't always have
> an answer.) to
> find out how to configure IIS and Index Server to work
> seamlessly with JSPs and
> other unknown file types. It is simply poor design that a
> good deal of the
> configuration must be done in the Registry rather than in the
> application GUI
> (I think this was by design). This may have changed in IIS 5.0.
>
> One of the biggest drawbacks of the MS way is that everything
> works well as
> long as you are using all MS components, but when you try to
> mix components,
> you run into gotchas left and right. Also, I found the
> overall performance of
> Apache to be far better and the ability to switch platforms
> or plug and play
> major components, such as webserver and search engines, a
> major benefit.
>
> One of the drawback of MS support services is that most of
> their people don't
> know anything but MS products. In fact I found them, in some
> cases, to be
> totally ignorant towards non-MS stuff. So when it comes to
> mixed environments,
> I try to stay away from MS products, unless there is an
> overriding business
> reason that prevents me from doing so.
>
> -ernie
>
>
> Santosh Tiwari wrote:
>
> > hi Amarjeet,
> > i have worked with apache and IIS .so i can say about them. apache
> > performance is very good for servlets .It works very well
> with nearly all
> > the platforms .Installation wise and configuration wise it
> also good .IIS
> > has one advantage over Apache of its better integration with NT
> > .Configuration is a little more easier.and if you are
> planning to use
> > microsoft technologies or providing atleast support for
> them IIS will be
> > much better.
> > Regards
> > Santosh
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Amarjeet Kaur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 10:19 AM
> > Subject: jserv v/s others?
> >
> > > Hullo everyone
> > > My question is a bit acedemic. For those of you
> who have used
> > other
> > > web servers, how does the java web server1.1.3 compare to
> the others in
> > the
> > > market, say O'Rielly, Apache, IIS etc? Incidentally, my
> platform is
> > Windows
> > > NT. This information is important to me because I might
> have to make a
> > > purchase decision very soon. I intend to use the server
> to support cgi,
> > > servlets and secure connections using ssl. Any
> help/comments will be
> > highly
> > > appreciated.
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > Regards
> > > Amarjeet.
> > >
> > >
> >
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