Cait Sith Cat

First, should I use Windows XP Pro, or Windows Server 2003 Standard?

Also, should I use IIS or apache as my web server? Can I use PHP and MySQL with IIS?

How can I unblock a port? I can't install Apache because port 80 is blocked.

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use windows server 2003
use apache
yes?

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I thought that Windows XP Pro cannot be used as a server because of license problems.

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Cait Sith Cat

it has limited IIS (10 connections at a time max) but if I use open source like apache I can have as much as I want. Server 2003 has full server capability.

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Actually for a webserver Linux is better suite to that.

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BFRD

Server 2003 is an excellent server, it is however, extremely expensive. For a small personal server in which you want to use php I would suggest linux.

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anjokid

what linux is best for webservers, hopefully i want to create a webserver with one of my computers as a project i would want to host a website on it, also i would want FTP access to the server and to load up a ventrilo 2.2 linux client on it too. its a big project but someones gotta try it. its for my gaming clan, just looking into different solutions for the best performance the server would just be used as a server with wine installed applications could be tested too, i just want to try and see how it goes. will need some help if anyone can help me further with this...

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Cait Sith Cat

Let's assume I have the option of using Server 2003.

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anjokid

my school had server 2003, little tip of using it, make backups it has some extreme issues of it crashes, powercuts or anything like that the OS becomes currupt, personally i could of fixed the problem but my school sent the HDD away and i lost 2 years of GCSE coursework. but ye make backups

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BFRD

I have a rack of 2003 servers running for work, and they are completely stable. Backups are always a good idea, but the idea that 2003 isn't stable just isn't true.

Then it is just a matter of what type of code you are wanting to write. If you want to use asp.net or classic asp I would go with 2003. If you want PHP, then I would go with a linux box rather than php on windows.

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