Re: Using XP Pro SP2 PC as web-server

Avatar wrote:
We are planning to host our own websites. Domain names have been procured and
a high speed upgrade is to be installed to our Internet connection shortly.

We would appreciate pointers on where to get the guides for using a Windows
XP Pro SP2 PC as a web-server. Info on what software to use - IIS, Apache,
other - and how to do the 'pointing' and also on how to do manage the server
locally/remotely would be welcome.

The homebuilt hardware is:

Xeon Quad Core (Kentsfield)
8GB RAM
2 x 80GB mirrored system drive
2 x 1TB mirrored data drive
ASUS/Intel 3200 motherboard
Multi-DVD-RW +/- optical drive
Mobo has no audio
Add on card for data drive RAID
Add on card for 1394B
700W rugged power supply

Regards and thanks in anticipation.

Avatar
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I'm not even sure that Googling this subject, is going to give you a
good answer. You need a more focused approach to finding info, like
perhaps the local library or the local book store.

I did a search, to see if one of these existed, and yup, I found one :-)
So they do write books on the subject.

Building a Web Site for Dummies $24.99
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/190-3060903-6950538?asin=0764571443

It is more complicated than it looks.

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-1046866.html

Yeah, I managed to run a web site at work, a site that displayed
the Apache default web page when you pointed a browser at it,
but that is hardly "running a web site". That is more of a joke.
I used my site, to host a few files for download by fellow employees
at work (e.g. local LAN, not Internet connected). If I'd connected
that thing to the Internet, some script kiddie would have rolled
it over. Using a good hosting service, is going to remove a
percentage of the total knowledge needed to run one.

There are some downsides to hosted services. For example, a guy in
Italy was using a hosted service. He happened to make a disparaging
remark (something none of us would consider offensive) about his provider.
The provider apparently runs regular sweeps of USENET, looking for
disparaging remarks. They shut off his server immediately, and
sent him a sickly sweet email indicating they saw his remarks.
The worst part was, he didn't have local copies of all his content.
So if someone else hosts for you, you should have a disaster recovery
plan in place, so that all the content is cached on a disk at your company.
So even if a hosted service seems to be covering the maintenance issues
(like running a backup of your server daily or whatever), always
remember they're holding your content hostage, so all the content
should also be held locally. You can't rely on web.archive.org
as your backup strategy.

Paul (who doesn't run web servers, and doesn't want to learn how...)
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