Bob J wrote:

>>Since I moved away from running Windows webservers in 1995 or so, I
>>haven't kept up on the latest tools and techniques used by IIS and
>>such.  I am curious though -- how often do you need to reboot the
>>server?  We had some IIS/ASP stuff that memory-leaked badly and had to
>>    
>>
>
>My current .net web apps I've written are supporting several hundred
>call-center users, roughly 20 hits/sec.  The pages aren't simple
>asp.net pages, they are complex pages which call into a complex c#.net
>transactional middle tier and from there into sql server and  other
>data sources.  Its been months since we've had to give anything the
>three-fingered salute in the production environment.
>  
>
I've also heard good things about .net - that's a good sign.  Things are 
getting better.

>Generally speaking my applications have been rock solid on IIS.  I
>think stability has more to do with the developers and how the system
>as a whole is administered and maintained, no matter what the platform
>is.  Its too easy for someone who doesn't know what they're doing to
>screw up any server platform.  Its easy to blame the OS...
>  
>
Agreed, but it's also hard to differentiate the OS from the applications 
on Windows machines.  ;-)

Nate
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