[Mediawiki-l] Windows Apache & IIS vs Linux Apache performancedifferences

[Michael Rhoadarmer]

On the OS side I really don't care, I use the best one for the application I'm running.  But lets face it Windows engineers have decided that bigger is better and Linux engineers pride themselves on how small they can go. If you want to run Windows and have it run at full steam you need power, space and RAM. That was my point in comparing technology to hardware.  I think that in Web apps like MediaWiki, LAMP is way to go and you only use WIMP if its madated by company policy.

Michael Rhoadarmer, Media Systems Manager
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL  60187
michael.r.rhoadarmer at wheaton.edu 

>>> FL <lengyel at gmail.com> 06/13/2005 8:56:06 AM >>>
On 6/13/05, Michael Rhoadarmer <Michael.R.Rhoadarmer at wheaton.edu> wrote:
> 
> It really shouldn't surprise anyone that Open Source software has issues 
> on a Windows box, especially 2000 which is running on a 6 year old design. 
> The question might be would the same issue be there if you were running 
> MSSQL and .NET instead of PHP and MySQL? Also, 512 is a lot of RAM for LAMP 
> but its only a light snack for a Windows server. That's our minimum standard 
> for office workstations. Still, for a fairer comparison of technology (not 
> hardware) I would double the RAM, install 2003, and eliminate all 
> non-essential services. I also might try it turning of page files and going 
> straight RAM.
> 
> Michael Rhoadarmer, Media Systems Manager
> Wheaton College
> Wheaton, IL 60187
> michael.r.rhoadarmer at wheaton.edu 
> 
> Why is building an even bigger server than the one already twice as fast a 
"fairer" comparison? How much does the LAMP configuration have to be 
handicapped before the WIMP configuration becomes "fair"? The distinction 
between "technology" and "hardware" needs further clarification, to put it 
mildly. I suppose one should consider the cost. Why spend more for 
proprietary systems and hardware (not "technology"!) for worse performance?

FL
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