Limitations in IIS 6?

"Phil Frisbie, Jr." wrote in message
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: > How many sites can I setup in IIS6 ?
:
: How long is a piece of string?
:
: > My plan is to setup 2000 - 4000 sites each using its own hostheader.
: >
: > Are there any problems with that scenario?

2000 - 4000 on one server? If you're a web host, you're going to have a big
turnover. If you're a spammer, eh, it may work just fine since most won't
be up long. (O:=

If your goal is to save $, why use a web server you have to pay for?

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 >> Stay informed about: Limitations in IIS 6? 

"Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message
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 > "Phil Frisbie, Jr." wrote in message
 > news:ethALi5GFHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
 > : > How many sites can I setup in IIS6 ?
 > :
 > : How long is a piece of string?
 > :
 > : > My plan is to setup 2000 - 4000 sites each using its own hostheader.
 > : >
 > : > Are there any problems with that scenario?
 >
 > 2000 - 4000 on one server? If you're a web host, you're going to have a
 > big
 > turnover. If you're a spammer, eh, it may work just fine since most won't
 > be up long. (O:=
 >
 > If your goal is to save $, why use a web server you have to pay for?

IIS 6 web edition is not expensive, and paying, must by done ANYTIME, for
hardware, for your ISP, for support for network issues security and since
IIS 6 is very easy and powerfull, I doubt the TCO is determined by OS
licenses.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Limitations in IIS 6? 

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:35:00 -0800, "Linda" <linda.RemoveThis@do-not-spam.com>
wrote:

 >How many sites can I setup in IIS6 ?
 >
 > My plan is to setup 2000 - 4000 sites each using its own hostheader.
 >
 >Are there any problems with that scenario?

Probably. But without knowing anything about the sites, server or
connection, nobody could tell you waht they are.

The first issue you'll likely face is management of the
sites/headers/DNS/etc.

Jeff<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Limitations in IIS 6? 

"Egbert Nierop (MVP for IIS)" <egbert_nierop.RemoveThis@nospam.invalid> wrote in
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: "Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message
: news:uVBCyX9GFHA.3352@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
: > "Phil Frisbie, Jr." wrote in message
: > news:ethALi5GFHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
: > : > How many sites can I setup in IIS6 ?
: > :
: > : How long is a piece of string?
: > :
: > : > My plan is to setup 2000 - 4000 sites each using its own
hostheader.
: > : >
: > : > Are there any problems with that scenario?
: >
: > 2000 - 4000 on one server? If you're a web host, you're going to have a
: > big
: > turnover. If you're a spammer, eh, it may work just fine since most
won't
: > be up long. (O:=
: >
: > If your goal is to save $, why use a web server you have to pay for?
:
: IIS 6 web edition is not expensive, and paying, must by done ANYTIME, for
: hardware, for your ISP, for support for network issues security and since
: IIS 6 is very easy and powerfull, I doubt the TCO is determined by OS
: licenses.

Not to point them away from IIS but Linux/Apache/MySQL is how much? Is it
realistic to have 2000-4000 sites on a single server?

--
Roland Hall
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 >> Stay informed about: Limitations in IIS 6? 

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 04:17:12 -0600, "Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere>
wrote:

 >"Egbert Nierop (MVP for IIS)" <egbert_nierop.DeleteThis@nospam.invalid> wrote in
 >message news:OVUF7m$GFHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
 >: "Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message
 >: news:uVBCyX9GFHA.3352@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
 >: > "Phil Frisbie, Jr." wrote in message
 >: > news:ethALi5GFHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
 >: > : > How many sites can I setup in IIS6 ?
 >: > :
 >: > : How long is a piece of string?
 >: > :
 >: > : > My plan is to setup 2000 - 4000 sites each using its own
 >hostheader.
 >: > : >
 >: > : > Are there any problems with that scenario?
 >: >
 >: > 2000 - 4000 on one server? If you're a web host, you're going to have a
 >: > big
 >: > turnover. If you're a spammer, eh, it may work just fine since most
 >won't
 >: > be up long. (O:=
 >: >
 >: > If your goal is to save $, why use a web server you have to pay for?
 >:
 >: IIS 6 web edition is not expensive, and paying, must by done ANYTIME, for
 >: hardware, for your ISP, for support for network issues security and since
 >: IIS 6 is very easy and powerfull, I doubt the TCO is determined by OS
 >: licenses.
 >
 >Not to point them away from IIS but Linux/Apache/MySQL is how much? Is it
 >realistic to have 2000-4000 sites on a single server?

Linux/Apache/MySQL is only an option if they wish to cater to that
sector of the hosting market. Since the demand is high for .NET
hosts, as well as SharePoint hosts, that may not be the market they're
looking to serve.

Jeff<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Limitations in IIS 6? 

"Jeff Cochran" wrote in message
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: On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 04:17:12 -0600, "Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere>
: wrote:
:
: >"Egbert Nierop (MVP for IIS)" <egbert_nierop.TakeThisOut@nospam.invalid> wrote in
: >message news:OVUF7m$GFHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
: >: "Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message
: >: news:uVBCyX9GFHA.3352@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
: >: > "Phil Frisbie, Jr." wrote in message
: >: > news:ethALi5GFHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
: >: > : > How many sites can I setup in IIS6 ?
: >: > :
: >: > : How long is a piece of string?
: >: > :
: >: > : > My plan is to setup 2000 - 4000 sites each using its own
: >hostheader.
: >: > : >
: >: > : > Are there any problems with that scenario?
: >: >
: >: > 2000 - 4000 on one server? If you're a web host, you're going to
have a
: >: > big
: >: > turnover. If you're a spammer, eh, it may work just fine since most
: >won't
: >: > be up long. (O:=
: >: >
: >: > If your goal is to save $, why use a web server you have to pay for?
: >:
: >: IIS 6 web edition is not expensive, and paying, must by done ANYTIME,
for
: >: hardware, for your ISP, for support for network issues security and
since
: >: IIS 6 is very easy and powerfull, I doubt the TCO is determined by OS
: >: licenses.
: >
: >Not to point them away from IIS but Linux/Apache/MySQL is how much? Is
it
: >realistic to have 2000-4000 sites on a single server?
:
: Linux/Apache/MySQL is only an option if they wish to cater to that
: sector of the hosting market. Since the demand is high for .NET
: hosts, as well as SharePoint hosts, that may not be the market they're
: looking to serve.

I posed the question because of the 2000-4000 site desire for one server.
To me, that means they're more interested in $ than performance. Looking at
the pipe and the server that would be required to host something like that,
$ could be saved with a no-cost solution, at least on the software end. I
don't host for others so I don't know if 2000-4000 is a large amount for a
single server, although I'm sure that all depends on the content and number
of hits. I never got an answer to that question.

--
Roland Hall
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 >> Stay informed about: Limitations in IIS 6? 

IIS6 does not have a limit on the number of sites.

Practically speaking, the number of sites depend on the physical HW (CPU,
RAM, HDD) as well as the size of each website.

If the websites are static HTML or simple ASP, 10,000+ sites/server is easy.
If you want to highly isolate applications using Application Pools, or
isolate many .Net applications using Application Pools, it will drive up the
resource cost per website and hence far lower number of sites/server.


There are many parameters to tune that affect site density on a server, and
since you haven't given any clue about them, I do not know if your plan is
achievable.

--
//David
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"Linda" <linda RemoveThis @do-not-spam.com> wrote in message
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How many sites can I setup in IIS6 ?

My plan is to setup 2000 - 4000 sites each using its own hostheader.

Are there any problems with that scenario?

Linda
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