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1. According to the article, a Web server computer Amy will need for her site is belong to
individual Web server. On these markets that sell Web server hardware, they offer different
series Web server. Such as Rack server, Tower server, Blade server, PowerEdge C server. Amy
should choose power Web server for her site. The server is suitable for small and medium-sized
companies. On the basis of the article’s data, Amy should choose at least 800MB disk storage,
6.5G RAM and Intel or AMD company’s Dual-core CPU. However, today most companies sell at
least 500GB disk storage on market. For example, Dell sell T320 tower server series is good
choice.
2. Most Web server software runs on Microsoft Windows Server products, Linux, or other
UNIX-based operating systems such as FreeBSD. They have both advantages and
disadvantages. ----- | advantages | disadvantages | Microsoft | Simpler for their information
systems staff to learn and use than UNIX-based systems. | Security weaknesses | Linux | An
open-source operating system, Fast, efficient, easy to install. Downloaded free from web,
user-friendly like Microsoft, Secure and stable | Compatibility | UNIX | Secure and stable
operating system | user-friendly is not good, need type the command code, |
I will recommend Amy choose Linux because it is an open-source operating system. Linux can
be downloaded free from the Web. For some small and medium-sized companies, they don’t
need to buy window. Linux system security is very high, unlike Windows system often update
and close loophole. Especially, LAMP is very popular combination for Web server computer
construction today. That means Linux + Apache + MySql + PhP.
3. The two commonly used Web server programs is Apache Http Server and Microsoft Internet
Information Server (IIS). The NetCraft Web server surveys show that the market share of Web
server software has stabilized in recent years. Apache generally holds over half of the market,
and Microsoft IIS usually holds between 10% and 20% of the market. The Apache Web server is
currently available on the Web at no cost as open-software. It can run on almost all widely used
computer platforms, is widely used because of its cross-platform and safety in one of the most
popular Web software. Apache can provide both static and dynamic service. Its disadvantage is
that if so many concurrent requests will need a lot of threads, thus holding much system CPU
and memory resources. So for concurrent processing is not Apache's strengths. The problem
mainly appeared on the large portal. And there are better solutions for the disadvantage. IIS’s
usability is strong. But can only be run under Windows environment. It is paid software. So I will
recommend Amy choose Apache Http Server due to its advantages, and it is popular today.