Apache is a software foundation that develops and provides open source software that is meant to run web servers. Their primary product is their HTTP server which is the most popular HTTP server in use today. IIS or Internet Information Services is the software pack developed by Microsoft to provide their Windows operating system the ability to host internet services.
IIS is
second only to HTTP as the most used HTTP server in the world.
The Apache web server is
very popular due to the fact that is free. This is very advantageous to those
who are just trying out web publishing and is still unsure about it.Apache is most commonly included in a totally free web server solution called LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) which is a collection of open source software that would totally handle all of your web publishing needs from the OS down to the scripting language.
Aside from being free, the open
source community is also a good source of support for users who have the time
and patience to ask for answers.
IIS is from Microsoft and thus it would only run on the Microsoft easier to learn for Windows users. IIS also comes with the support of the .NET Framework released by Microsoft; in fact, ASPX scripts are exclusive to IIS. Support for IIS is provided by Microsoft which is an assurance that you would have answers to
your
problems direct from the makers themselves.
The IIS ‘“ Windows combo is
both a boon and bane for users. The fact that they are made by the same company
assures you that they would operate at the best capacity with each other. The only problem with the
Windows OS is its too popular and a lot of malware, virus, and trojans exist on
the Windows OS. Even more are being created everyday and that might pose a
threat in the future.
IIS web server |
Apache tomcat server |
|---|---|
| IIS is develop by Microsoft. | Apache is develop by Apache foundation. |
| IIS is not open source. | Apache is open source |
| IIS is both application and web server | Apache is only web server. |
| IIS server runs on user and kernel space | Apache is run on user space |
