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WAMP as a web server?

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:56 am
by impulse()
Would you suggest using WAMP as a web server on a Windows XP box for a website that contains parcel delivery information?

Me and a friend are creating a DB for a delivery company at the moment and I'm suggesting putting it on a freeBSD box in a data centre at an ISP I work at. But he thinks it's a good idea to host it on a Windows XP box with WAMP as the web server connected to an ADSL connection.

Does anyone know of any reliability/security issues with WAMP?

Stephen,

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:58 am
by feyd
Linux/Unix is the preferred server environment.

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 8:22 am
by RobertGonzalez
AMP is inherently slower on W than on L. If you have the option to get a LAMP stack running, I would do that over a WAMP stack anyday.

Re: WAMP as a web server?

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:36 am
by timvw
impulse() wrote:Would you suggest using WAMP as a web server on a Windows XP box for a website that contains parcel delivery information?
No.

impulse() wrote: Me and a friend are creating a DB for a delivery company at the moment and I'm suggesting putting it on a freeBSD box in a data centre at an ISP I work at. But he thinks it's a good idea to host it on a Windows XP box with WAMP as the web server connected to an ADSL connection.
And exactly why does he think that? And what are your motivations to use FreeBSD?

Imho i think it all depends on the person(s) that are going to administrate the box. I'm sure that there are people that can make any operating system insecure...

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:57 am
by impulse()
I can get a free VDS in a data centre with no bandwidth charges, that runs on freeBSD. On the other hand I could put it on my Linux box at home but that runs on an ADSL connection.

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 2:01 pm
by m3mn0n
data centre > ADSL @ home

LAMP > WAMP

The choice is obvious.. ;)

And if you want to find out why, Google comparisons