Web Site Server Software

[nweaver]

depending on your needs....

I would do LAMP on a lower end linux box running without X. YOu would be amazed how fast apache is, and how few resources you will use. I have (bit more then low end) a gentoo server on an old proliant, (4X450 Mghtz P2, 2 gigs ram, 8 SCSI drives in raid) that I was able to max a gig connection on (locally, of course) and hte server barely broke a sweat (using less then a gig of the ram, procs were barely twitching) serving static pages.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: skyking

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: skyking
If you must use XP, here is a very helpful link for setting up the whole suite of server software.
http://www.devside.net/

that is a nice setup...

It is. the big advantage is getting to learn the big commercial packages without full immersion in linux. there are some really stripped down apache configs there, 100 lines versus 1200 in a default, to try and sort through.

i may have to take a look at that. all that time i learned about the config files and the fun installing all the stuff seperately...oh well, at least i understand what most of the apache config file does....

 

[bob4432]

OP - what type of a cnnection (speeds) are you going to have in your home office?

 

[EmosOohay]

Just under 900Kbps inbound and 3-5Mbps outbound

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: EmosOohay
Just under 900Kbps inbound and 3-5Mbps outbound

are you sure it isn't the othe way around? also, is it a business account or home account?

 

[EmosOohay]

You're correct, I had them turned around. Home account.

 

[bob4432]

home accts usually block port 80 and port 25. you can still run the items, but you will probably need to use a different port, as you can see from the 2 links in my sig, both run from home, but using port 6583. it works, but running a business it wouldn't look too professional.

you may want to get with a hosting company about a reseller acct, where you are the acct rep/tech support and "sell" webspace to your clients. i wish i would have done this in the past, but i was always the nice guy and had the companies i did work for pay the hosting fee only, which is cheap, where i could have made some $$$ just off of hosting while still giving my customers a good deal.

hope this helps

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: EmosOohay
Is Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition a fairly usable product?

Meaning will it support multiple domains, lots of connections, etc.

Assuming you are talking about your web site support.....

SBS 2003 Standard Edition is, basically, Windows Server 2003 with Exchange Server, with extra remote access and management features added, and ease-of-use wizards added. You are limited to 75 users in your organization. There's no limit to anonymous web connections.

SBS contains IIS 6.0, Microsoft's Web Sever. It'll support as many connections as your computer, NIC, and Internet connection can handle.

You can host multiple web domains using Host Headers, allowing as many web sites as you wish, all at the same IP address and TCP Port. It takes about two minutes to create a new virtual web site.

IIS 6 is designed to run each web site in a virtual box, so if one site goes down, the other sites will stay running.