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I don't need all the overhead that 2000 server provides, it is only a dedicated webserver. With perl, php, asp, frontpage extensions, and MySQL.
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;263857>
In the Internet Service Manager (ISM), which loads the Internet Information Server snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), the following features are not available when you run Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and IIS 5.1 on Microsoft Windows XP:
The Operators tab is not listed on the property sheet of the Web site.
On the Directory Security tab, the Edit button in the IP address and domain name restrictions section appears dimmed.
On the Performance tab, the Enable bandwidth throttling, Enable process throttling, and Enforce limits check boxes appear dimmed on a Windows 2000 Professional-based computer. The Performance tab is not listed on the property sheet of a Web site that is running on a Microsoft Windows XP Professional-based computer.
CAUSE
These features are not supported in IIS 5.0 running on a Windows 2000 Professional-based computer and IIS 5.1 running on a Windows XP Professional-based computer.
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While I know nothing about it you might not want to trust MS. Just like most features that are supposedly disabled in WinXP Home are still there, all you need to do is use the command line admin tools you might be able to manipulate the registry directly instead of goind through the mmc.
However, you might not be able to overcome the "Limited to 10 connections". And even if you were that would violate your license.
Andreas
We were running 2000 Pro for our local system and to be honest it sucks even for that. We have just gone back to NT which we also use for our web server, I love it.
Any reason why you are looking to move away from NT?
I like Linux, but the learning curve is still steep on getting it hardend and secure the way I like. If FrontPage Extenstions and ASP did not exist, it would be a no-brainer. Plus the install dance on NT is just too much trouble anymore. Load this, step back and patch, then that, here is the options, and patch again. Wheww, I am getting quezy thinking about it.
Me too Franklin, me too. We are going to stick with NT for the next couple of years, I think they recently extended support for it.
they recently extended support for it.
I didnīt know that. It would be quite nice ;). So it might live well beyond its 10th birthday ;)
Andreas
Before they said "We will provide customers at least a year?s notice before we cease security support." that has now gone. Check the Google cache [216.239.39.100] and compare with the current page, not good.
Limited to 10 connections
Limited to one Web and one FTP server. In other words, you cannot create additional virtual Web or FTP servers.
I think this is reffering to local network access.
You can create plenty of sites on iis 5. Virtual and ip based along with ftp accounts.
The clincher for me is the abilty to limit the CPU per site. That is great, when you have lots of clients, coding CGIs with limited experience.
And being able to lock out by IP. I use that all of the time.
I am going to have to save my Microsoft pennies for server. ;-(
