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Originally Posted by nick3131
I've always been taught to believe that a unix server does a better job at handling a website load then a windows server.
However now I'm not sure. Lets say I get a Quad Core 4GB Ram windows server and put up a major site that consumed a lot of BW and has a ton of daily visitors.
Will my Windows server slow down much faster then its Linux counterpart.
Thank You ahead of time for your help.
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From my experience with both Linux and Windows overall, I would have to say for a server setup that Linux/gui and Windows in graphic mode still takes up a fair amount of ram and cpu, however, if you are running Linux without its gui you would be better off just because of lower system overhead. The computer now a days are so fast that it really should not matter too much, but if you are running tuns of stuff and you need the overhead then consider Linux/Gui... or perhaps Unix/gui.
Good luck,