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Windows and SQL Server : Receive so much negativity in terms of the Highly Available, Scalable Platform..
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 20:04 — Anonymous
I remain neutral, but time and again, when people talk Windows or SQL Server, they seem to consider them unreliable with limits around scalability, performance and availability.
And then you start looking at some of the big boys you have listed here in the architectural section and most of them are on Linux, MySQL,Oracle platforms that we dont see Windows and SQL Server in there..
What are your thoughts ?
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Re: Windows and SQL Server : Receive so much negativity in terms
I guess Windows Server and MS SQL are very scalable. The problem begins when you have to set up you own machines to run your site. The costs are going to become a problem, because you have to maintain many licenses. That's why most of the big sites run on Linux machines. I guess that's not about scalability, but a costs concern. You can see MySpace architecture, that is a Windows/MSSQL site that is very well scaled.
Nowadays, I would only run a site on a Windows Server because of its ASP.NET support. That won't be a problem in the future, because MONO Project is gaining terrain, and everyone will be able to run asp.net on linux.
There's no real advantage in running a PHP site, for example, on a Windows machine. That also contributes for your impression that a little amount of sites run Windows.
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