I Finally got around to upgrading the Web server to Windows Server 2008, quite awhile ago actually but i am only posting now, This means the website is now run on IIS7 which I like, mostly, i find it easyer to set up certain things like default documents, certificates, etc.
IIS7 also makes good use of the 512 MB NTFS RAMDisk that i actually store the website files on and combined with IIS7 ‘FastCGI’ provides extreme file read/write times.
But in some cases it does take some adjusting, it took me a while to realise where they moved the port settings for the website to but once found it did seem like a nice place for it.
And of course the interface is FAR superior with a much more seamless flow to it as opposed to IIS6 which just felt like a crap version of Windows Explorer. I suppose one of the reasons I like the interface more is that is has got more of a ‘Vista’ feel to it (I like Vista) which runs smooth.
The Server has also had an extreme Hardware Upgrade, mainly because Server 2008 wouldn’t install on the old hardware, from:
- Intel Pentium 3, 800 MHz
- 768 MB Ram
- 40 GB Hard Disk
- 120W Power Supply
- USB 1.1, obviously
To:
- Intel Pentium 4, 3.2 GHz
- 3 GB Ram
- 120 GB Hard Disk
- 350W Power Supply
- USB 2.0, Yay
I suppose that was what contributed mostly to the speed increase but I am sure ‘FastCGI’ at least added a bit.
I supose to sum it all up, i like Windows Server 2008, much more then Windows Server 2003 R2.
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