Windows, Linux or FreeBSD??

We are planning to build our online catalogue on a dedicated server. A big quantity of images will be hosted and shared with many websites of our distributors. Efficiency and stability are the major issue. Budget isn't a problem. But we can't make our decisions which plan to pick up.

1. Windows 2003 Server + SQL server + .Net Framework
But is there a connection limit of IIS?
What about the stability and safty with Windows 2003 server??
They say Windows servers got down very often...

2. Linux + Apach + MySQL/PostgreSQL + PHP
MySQL isn't as powerful as MS SQL
And postgreSQL have a maximum concurrent connection limit of 30 ( right?)
Also we are worrying whether speed of PHP+mysql applications will catch up with asp.net+SQL server

3. FreeBSD + Apache + MySQL + PHP/JSP
People say FreeBSD is better than Linux. We are not very sure about it.

As we are not experienced with such cases, any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

Thank you guys!!

Robert

 

 

 

 

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