Windows Service 64bit vs Web Servers

[Skepsis IT]

Hi to all unigui community members,

I just state that question/contrary to the forum, just for mentioning some pros and cons of each deployment method.

As we all know, RAM is one of the most important factor of a Unigui application, so 64bit exe's - dll's is a must for having all of the amount of memory resources.

 

Let's assume that we have only one unigui app on a server, deployment an app as a windows service it is fast installation method, contrary to web servers (apache or IIS), and can be done to all operating systems, having no care about IIS limitations etc.

So why we must use a web server? Perhaps performance? Security? Something else?

 

Please state your opinions or experiences from real production scenarios.

Thanks in advance.

[Farshad Mohajeri]

If you have only one application then using a service can be OK, but when you have multiple apps using a web server is the only option.

[Skepsis IT]

Farshad thanks for the answer.

Of course I aggre that when you have multiple apps web server is better, but why the only option?

I can have more than one application but I must set different ports. You're saying the above because of performance issues?

[Farshad Mohajeri]

One reason is that in many places only port 80 is open and IT departments hesitate to open any port other than 80.