Re: Seeking Advice - IIS 5.0 or Apache

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From: Bivar (jthoma22.at.tampabay.rr.com)
Date: 02/03/04 

Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 21:15:35 -0500

Thank you all for the good advice - I think I'll just start out with
IIS and then switch to Apache just to get the feel of both. I agree
that I will be more comfortable starting out with a Windows type
server. That should make switching over to Apache a little easier in
the future.

Thanks again,
Bivar

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 23:45:36 -0500, Bivar
<jthoma22.at.tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

>Looking for advice, thoughts, pros & cons, etc. I'm considering
>setting up a web server, at home, on a third PC running Win2K Pro and
>either IIS 5.0 or Apache software.
>
>The server would be connected to the net via my router and a cable
>modem and I am thinking of trying out the TZO.com premier package that
>would give me a static IP address.
>
>There's no particular reason to do this as opposed to using a web
>hosting service other than I just want to learn about web servers,
>email servers, etc. Maybe even do some small scale web hosting of my
>own - again just for the experience. I have no prior experience with
>web servers, but I would like to check them out.
>
>So, my questions would seem to be:
>1) Am I nuts? (Not a general question, just confined to this project)
>2) Should I use IIS 5.0 or Apache? (Leaning towards IIS 5.0)
>3) Any particular hardware considerations? (Currently have my old
> game machine available - 1.8GB P4, 512MB RAM, two 60GB
> HDs (IDE) with Win2K installed). Sufficient to task? More RAM?
>4) Any other considerations?
>
>Any and all feedback appreciated.
>Thanks in advance,
>Bivar

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