Hi all,
I need some opinions regarding the best way to getting up to speed on
Administrating Win2k+IIS 5 from a Web Server point of view.
A few years ago I was involved in Desktop Support and Networking
support. Got my MCP with NT4 and Win95, but was never involved with
IIS.
Last couple years I've been involved with web design and have
forgotten a lot of Networking basics.
Now I am planning on launching my own sites on a dedicated server
running Win2k Server and IIS5. I am running WinXPPro and IIS 5.1 on
my local machine.
I was planning to get:
Windows 2000 IIS 5.0: A Beginner's Guide
by Rod Trent
Mastering Windows 2000 Server (4th Edition)
by Mark Minasi (Editor
And perhaps Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit by Microsoft
My Server choice will probably be on the low end of things hardware
wise- *initially*.
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Pentium IV 1.8Ghz
512MB ECC RAM
80GB Ultra IDE Drive
Bandwidth Allocation: 3.75Mbps / 1200GB Monthly
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............ $139/Month
............. $ 99 Setup
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My instinct is to upgrade RAM to 1024MB...but they charge an extra
$25/mo for the additional 512MB upgrade.
I will have an Adult site on this box running an ASP (soon to be
ASP.NET) application that utilizes SQL server.
There will be a built in Slide Show function and ability to custom
make their own "Favorites" Album from the pics they like- out of 9,000
pictures- just under 1GB in content. Amount of users will probably
start out small...but build up pretty quick as it will be a free site.
I know from experience that the way one sets up/tunes the operating
environment can help a lot. BUT- that can only take one so far. In
general, is it better for IIS to have more RAM or more CPU power?
The hosts next step up is:
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Pentium IV 2.4Ghz
1.0GB ECC RAM
120GB Ultra IDE Drive
Bandwidth Allocation: 7Mbps / 2300GB Monthly
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............ $249/Month
........... $ 149 Setup
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The bandwidth allocation on the smaller plan is a bit of a concern.
What is the most likely bottleneck with the cheaper plan?
Finally, I will be running
http://www.isapirewrite.com/ and may
consider
http://www.turboiis.com/compare.asp or some other HTTP
Compression.
Any advise? Things to look out for? Other book recommendations? Any
*strong* benefits to upgrading to Win2003 Server and IIS6?
Thanks in advance...
Dean C. Harris
http://www.ElegantWebs.com