Hey guys!

I´m about to set up a dedicated server system, however, I´m having a problem, since I´m used to this kind of installations in Linux systems.

This server has to run the following languages:

ASP and PHP.

... and be able to use the following databses:

MySQL and MS SQL.

I already know how to setup an Apache server with PHP and MySQL, however I never worked with ASP + MSSQL, in Windows 2003 Server, so I need your help.

What software do I need? Can I run Apache and IIS in the same system simultaneously?

Would it be somehow possible to setup this on Linux? (I would prefer Linux rather Windows, since I never worked in Windows 2003 Server).

Thank You very much for your help 😉

    It's totally possible to run php and asp, i do so myself

    the burdens of life mean i have to use win2k with IIS5, but i have recently tried this with win2k3 and IIS6 and had no trouble.

    with IIS you can either setup PHP to run as CGI or by ISAPI, the choice is yours.

    I chose CGI so IIS simple redirects all .php pages to \php\php.exe and the job is done.

    IIS is native to running ASP pages, so once again let IIS do the hard work for you.

    I do believe in IIS6 on 2k3 you have to enable the executable to be accessed.
    In IIS manager (trying to remember) there is a folder list at the bottom that allows you to turn on ASP scripting and you need to add a second for the php executable to be used.

      Hum, and can you tell me if you have experienced any performance hit since you are running both languages in just one machine? I wouldn´t want the PHP pages to run with problems since most of the pages I´m going to host there are PHP, about 10, and only 2 ASP pages.

        I've never noticed any performance hits.

        I do have a couple of problems with speed, but these are most likely hardware and connection problems.
        The hardware is only a 1gig machine hosting an intranet that basically serves up php pages all day long.
        I have about 5 ASP pages provided to me by an external company to connect remotely to their oracle db. Most of my speed issues with the ASP pages arise from the remote acces to this DB and size of the query.

        so in my conclusion 🙂 no, i don't actually have any problems with performance

          So, I´ll go with IIS then.

          Also, besides the following software, which one should I use too?

          IIS Web Serve v.6.0
          PHP
          ASP
          MySQL
          MSSQL
          Zend Optimizer for PHP

          .... what about the mail systems, what does windows use?

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