can php do this on remote win server?

php performance on remote windows server

[danv]

I have 2 situations and I was wondering if php can help me. (or will it be too slow)

1. There is a remote windows 2000 server, and am thinking of creating a data-driven website where the web host is bluehost.com (Linux I think and Apache) and it interfaces with the database on the win 2000 remote server to show database forms with data and opening local documents and showing some local video clips.

Will that work or will it be too slow?

How much slower then if I use a local web server and php? Whether it be IIS or Apache?

I think I prefer to work with the web host administered Apache web server as I don't have to maintain it.

thanks.

[coopster]

Personally I don't like hitting a database remotely. Performance really won't bottleneck in the PHP code, but in the bandwidth latency.