When setting up a server, you have to ask yourself several important things. How much do you want to spend? Which operating system and software do you know better? (If neither, Microsoft has a much smaller learning curve) What exactly is it going to be used for? If you are serving up webpages, how much bandwidth do you have? How many people will be accessing the server at one time? Is it going to be used in development? How much does remote administration mean? How stable is the distro you wish to use? Do you wish to use a distro or build from scratch? Linux is really nice because it is really cheap. If you want to modify your setup, you can change it via telnet. Setup changes don't require reboots as often. Windows and IIS are really nice do to the ease of use. They do have a remote administration for IIS, but it's security and ease of use leave a little something to be desired. Therefore if you wish to make a change you have to be at the box. And I don't care if I get flamed. If you know what you are doing, Windows NT (sp5 and up) is just as stable as any linux box. Who will be creating the webpages? Do the devolpers wish to use Frontpage, Active X, ASP? As far as speed, that is determined by many factors. What type of content is being distributed? How well is it written? Is the server just going to be distributing homepages? Or is it going to be a frontend for a server app? As many people have said, Apache wasn't built for speed. But neither was IIS. IIS is more integrated into the OS which is why it is faster. You should ask yourself... Should I try to push to get linux? OR find out which one would suit your (and your users) needs.
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When setting up a server, you have to ask yourself several important things. How much do you want to spend? Which operating system and software do you know better? (If neither, Microsoft has a much smaller learning curve) What exactly is it going to be used for? If you are serving up webpages, how much bandwidth do you have? How many people will be accessing the server at one time? Is it going to be used in development? How much does remote administration mean? How stable is the distro you wish to use? Do you wish to use a distro or build from scratch? Linux is really nice because it is really cheap. If you want to modify your setup, you can change it via telnet. Setup changes don't require reboots as often. Windows and IIS are really nice do to the ease of use. They do have a remote administration for IIS, but it's security and ease of use leave a little something to be desired. Therefore if you wish to make a change you have to be at the box. And I don't care if I get flamed. If you know what you are doing, Windows NT (sp5 and up) is just as stable as any linux box. Who will be creating the webpages? Do the devolpers wish to use Frontpage, Active X, ASP? As far as speed, that is determined by many factors. What type of content is being distributed? How well is it written? Is the server just going to be distributing homepages? Or is it going to be a frontend for a server app? As many people have said, Apache wasn't built for speed. But neither was IIS. IIS is more integrated into the OS which is why it is faster. You should ask yourself... Should I try to push to get linux? OR find out which one would suit your (and your users) needs.