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IIS vs. Apache. Five advantages of IIS. 1. It is has a GUI interface, which makes the installation a bit easier. 2. It "plays" well with other Microsoft applications. 3. Performance Monitor feature is very useful.
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Five advantages of IIS • 1. It is has a GUI interface, which makes the installation a bit easier. • 2. It "plays" well with other Microsoft applications. • 3. Performance Monitor feature is very useful. • 4. Tech Support of IIS is actually pretty good (this is speaking from experience). • 5. Isolation of the client from the web applications allows IIS to maintain TCP/IP connections while a worker process is being recycled. In other words, IIS has crash protection.
Five disadvantages of IIS • 1. It only works with the Windows OS. • 2. It is not a terribly flexible web server, due to Microsoft constraints. • 3. Source code is proprietary. • 4. It is difficult to control how URL's are parsed. • 5. If you're using two servers, the server configurations must match exactly.
Five advantages of Apache • 1. Industry standard for most web servers. • 2. Open source. • 3. Allows remote administration. • 4. Multi-platform. • 5. The software is free.
Five disadvantages of Apache • 1. Console mode installation. • 2. No real tech support, except for message boards and third party vendors. • 3. Does not perform well on Windows machines. • 4. Apache is not regularly updated. • 5. Requires more technical knowledge to install and configure.