Re: Are there good reasons to upgrade to IIS 6.0?
From: David Alexander (no-email_at_no-domain.org)
Date: 06/21/04
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:14:47 -0700
We already have Windows 2000 and IIS 5.0, which is why I put "upgrade" in my
subject line instead of "buy" or "purchase". We are going from a fat client
installed locally to a web app, though, so while it would technically be an
upgrade, I don't have a lot of experience with the performance of IIS 5.0.
"doug" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1f1d401c457ba$6c6d1c00$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> ...if getting a copy of Windows Server 2003 is worth the
> money? Can you clarify this? Do you already have a copy
> of Win2K that you can use? If not, your only choice is
> Windows 2003. You cannot license Win2K anymore.
>
> I think the biggest reason to go to Windows 2003 and IIS6
> is that IIS6 has been re-written. And I do agree with
> MS's top ten benefits.
>
> doug
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I know that Windows Server 2003 is necessary to run IIS
> 6.0 and that IIS 6.0
> >has more secure default settings because it starts off
> totally locked down.
> >
> >What are the benefits of IIS 6.0 over IIS 5.0 in terms
> of performance,
> >convenience to the administrator, security features
> (beyond default
> >settings), and snap-ins for the MMC? Are there other
> important benefits? I
> >also care about the benefits of using Windows Server
> 2003 to host web apps.
> >
> >I am part of a team developing a web-based application
> for in-house use on a
> >closed intranet for a couple hundred users. The
> application will probably
> >start out on a web farm with two servers, tied to a
> Microsoft SQL Server
> >database, and will be implementing sessions via the
> database. The ASP pages
> >won't be process
> >intensive, mostly just manipulating business objects and
> business rules and
> >reading and writing from the database.
> >
> >I am trying to decide if getting a copy of Windows
> Server 2003 is worth the
> >money. If you switched from IIS 5.0 to 6.0, do you agree
> with the top 10
> >benefits that Microsoft lists at
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/why
> upgrade/top10iis6.mspx:
> >
> >1. The new IIS 6 process model is more available and
> reliable
> >2. The IIS compression utility
> >3. Previous Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)
> locking issues are
> >resolved
> >4. General IIS 6 error rate reporting is significantly
> reduced
> >5. Revamped security reduces default attack
> vulnerability
> >6. Tracing is instrumented in the operating system and
> its components
> >7. The IIS 6 metabase is revamped to be completely XML
> based
> >8. Improved IIS and network load balancing (NLB) Event
> Logging
> >9. Resource Accounting and Quality-of-Service (QoS)
> >10. Isolating individual Web applications and multiple
> sites into a
> >self-contained processes
> >
> >Thanks for the input.
> >
> >David
> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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