IIS and .net

Do they have to reside on same server?

[Jenni_T]

Question: Does IIS and the .net frame work have to reside on the database server or can it be a separate application server?

Thanks
Jenn

[aleksl]

K, I see confusion. IIS, .NET and Database are 3 separate things. You can have in theory 3 separate servers running.

- .NET framework executes your .NET code.
- Database handles db requests
- IIS processes web HTTP(s) requests.

Now, if your webpages are in VB.NET, for instance, your aspx pages should sit on the same server with IIS.

Database is altogether different animal, pretty much unrelated to IIS and .NET. Can be on separate box.