From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:19 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1993 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Wednesday 28 July 2010 Number 1993 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Web servers : Peter Moylan 2 Re: Web servers : Voytek Eymont" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:37:49 +1000 From: Peter Moylan Subject: Web servers I have always preferred to use the Web/2 server, on the grounds that it's lightweight and takes about ten seconds to configure. However, I'm now looking at the possibility of hosting a second domain, and I don't think Web/2 can do that. Accordingly, I'm looking for recommendations for a different web server. I evaluated all available OS/2 web servers quite a few years ago, and discovered that most of them were designed for faster processors than I had. I now have a faster processor (400 MHz), so Apache is an obvious candidate, but as I recall it Apache, in line with its Unix heritage, was almost incredibly painful to configure. Is that still true? Hmm, I see that Apache Tomcat is a newer offering and is Java-based, so presumably easier to manage ... but Java applications tend to be pretty slow. Does anyone have experience with that one? Unrelated question: a friend of mine, a Windows user, is considering running her own web server. What would people recommend for Windows, especially for someone who is not a computer expert? Nothing fancy needed, although she might need CGI support. (Well, of course she's not an expert. If she was an expert she wouldn't be stuck with Windows.) -- Peter Moylan peter at pmoylan dot org http://www.pmoylan dot org -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:28:44 +1000 (EST) From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: Web servers > I have always preferred to use the Web/2 server, on the grounds that > it's lightweight and takes about ten seconds to configure. However, I'm now > looking at the possibility of hosting a second domain, and I don't think > Web/2 can do that. Accordingly, I'm looking for recommendations > for a different web server. > > I evaluated all available OS/2 web servers quite a few years ago, and > discovered that most of them were designed for faster processors than I > had. I now have a faster processor (400 MHz), so Apache is an obvious > candidate, but as I recall it Apache, in line with its Unix heritage, was > almost incredibly painful to configure. Is that still true? well, I don't think it ever was that painful if I managed, I'm sure you can IIRC... what speed were the early P2...? 400 I think... we was running P2 with OS/2 Apache and maybe 30 or more vhosts when we had the air race site, and, a plane crashed, the ISDN link was running at like 90/95%, the P2 and Warp/Apache just chugged along, no issues > Hmm, I see > that Apache Tomcat is a newer offering and is Java-based, so presumably > easier to manage ... but Java applications tend to be pretty slow. Does > anyone have experience with that one? no, but you've said it: "Java applications tend to be pretty slow" > > Unrelated question: a friend of mine, a Windows user, is considering > running her own web server. What would people recommend for Windows, > especially for someone who is not a computer expert? Nothing fancy needed, > although she might need CGI support. counseling ? yoga ? relaxation techniques ? > (Well, of course she's not an expert. If she was an expert she wouldn't > be stuck with Windows.) -- Voytek -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG