Linux/Windows

[skiflyer]

Performance question...

All things being equal...
that is, Apache/PHP/mySQL...

will an application compiled with (probably ZEND, but haven't done that research yet), run significantly better on a Linux (probably RedHat, but I'm open) box as compared to a Win32 box (haven't thought about a flavor yet).

Served up on this box obviouslly, accessed by a variety.

Any input is greatly appreciated, from anecdotal to hard numbers.

-Rob

 

[sleipnir214]

All things being equal, I'd bet on LAMP. *nix (I don't know which flavor for which) is the primary development platform at Zend and Apache. Also, I can shut down every unnecessary service on Linx -- Win32 services are often too general-purpose to shut them all down, due to service interdependencies.

And though Mi¢ro$oft's old data saying "IIS is faster" was based on static HTML, where IIS's caching mechanisms gave it an advantage, MS was eerily silent on scripting. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!

 

[skiflyer]

There's no question, I'm not going near IIS... I'll run Apache through Windows without question over IIS.

I'm on your side personally, kinda regretting that, because I have more in depth knowledge of setting such a system up on Windows... but hey, more important to do it right, and never hurts to learn more.

Thanks for the input.

-Rob

 

[BB101]

IIS is very slow and very unreliable, anyone wanting a webpage to go up and stay up should use LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) --BB