[mapserver-users] mapserver & windoze NT 4 vs. 2000 question

[Pericles S. Nacionales]

Tanya,

Regardless of whether you use IIS or Apache, you should get Windows
2000.  I've never had any problems running MapServer on Win 2000, using
both IIS and Apache.  My reason for recommending Win2000 is
simple:  you'll still get updates from Microsoft for it.  WinNT may not
get further support once Windows XP shows up.

As for problems with Win2000 and MapServer, I haven't encountered any
yet.  Most of the win32 questions brought before the mapserver users
community pertain to misconfiguration--either during compilation (with the
makefile) or with the map file.  The win32 binary packages you download
from the MapServer web site are being compiled in Windows 2000 and work
just fine on the other Windows OSes.

Now for IIS and Apache...  since you can install both on your machine
without paying extra, I suggest running MapServer on one and then the
other.  Make some comparisons and let the community know how it went.  I'm
always curious about the benchmarks.  My guess is unless you really use it
for some custom applications (e.g., integration with ASP) you really won't
find much of a difference.  You can prove me wrong. :)

Good luck!
Perry Nacionales


On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, TCHaddad wrote:

> 
> So....
> 
> we may be getting a new box in our office that our mapserver app.s will be moving to. I'm fishing for possible migration issues that might be significant enough to sway what we actually buy:
> 
> Right now we have a Mapserver app. running on an NT 4.0 SP 6 workstation (not server), with Apache 1.3.20 as a service. Everything works great. 
> 
> In spec-ing out what our choices are for something new, we're being given the choice of a box with NT 4.0 again (server version this time) or with Windows 2000 (server version), for the same price. I guess both come with IIS 5.0, so Apache would no longer be mandatory.
> 
> My questions are: do I care which of these 2 Operating systems we choose? Are there any significant issues as far as Mapserver or Mapplet are concerned? What about if we get into more XML/ the WMS stuff in 3.5? I've never had a complaint with Apache... are there Mapserver issues with IIS?
> 
> Apologies in advance if these are dumb/moot questions, I just know nothing about Win 2k server and saw from the archive that a few people may have had issues. As long as I hear that none are major obstacles, I'm confident we can work out any minor kinks.
> 
> Thanks to all,
> 
> Tanya
>