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    GigaSpaces XAP

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AXAP from New York headquartered GigaSpaces is an application server.N/A

    Microsoft IIS

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft IIS is an application server and infrastructure.N/A
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    GigaSpaces XAPMicrosoft IIS
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    GigaSpaces XAPMicrosoft IIS
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of GigaSpaces XAP and Microsoft IIS
    Feature
    GigaSpaces XAP
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    Ratings
    Microsoft IIS
    7.5
    28 Ratings
    5% below category average
    IDE support00 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Security management00 Ratings7.028 Ratings
    Administration and management00 Ratings8.028 Ratings
    Application server performance00 Ratings8.028 Ratings
    Installation00 Ratings9.028 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings5.017 Ratings
    User Ratings
    GigaSpaces XAPMicrosoft IIS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
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    9.0
    (28 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
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    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.4
    (6 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    GigaSpaces XAPMicrosoft IIS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    GigaSpaces
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    Microsoft
    Publishing applications or websites is easy with Microsoft IIS. You don't need external software or complicated tutorials involving command lines and editing configuration files. On other hand, sometimes the troubleshooter needs a high knowledge of Windows Server, Registry, and tools to debug the application. If you need to host non-Microsoft technology as PHP pages or have a low budget, I recommend IIS equivalent software as Apache.
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    Cons
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    Microsoft
    • Angular/node apps don't run on IIS, or at least we never figured out how. Rather we ended up using nginx.
    • There are still occasional memory leaks - check your recycle settings!
    • If you have very heavy usage for web APIs, IIS requires regular restarts for reasons unknown.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    GigaSpaces
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    Microsoft
    We have no intention to replace all applications running on top of the IIS platform. Not all applications support other platforms and not all support staff are skilled in Linux/Apache platform support. Whereas IIS may not be the best performing or most secure web platform available, for the aforementioned reasons, it is impossible not to continue use of this product.
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    Usability
    GigaSpaces
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    Microsoft
    As I've mentioned earlier, Microsoft IIS is very simple and easy to use. The user interface is a little bit overloaded with a huge number of different options, but once you have a little clue of what you are doing and what you need - no issues at all.
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    Reliability and Availability
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    Microsoft
    ARR (application request routing) in Microsoft IIS Server enables the web-admins to increase the web app reliability and availability through the rule based routing and load balancing of HTTP requests which in turn provides highly available server. IIS 7.0 Manager also provides kernel as well as user mode caching for faster performance and in case if the server fails, the IIS server has good amount of details logged in its log files which help understand and debug the cause quickly. Load balancing facilitates IIS server to fight against availability issues.
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    Performance
    GigaSpaces
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    Microsoft
    In my experience, I have never had significant issues with IIS performance. Sometimes I've experienced issues with loading time, but it is mostly related to the web site code. However Amazon, Microsoft and Google providing free cloud services with very limited resources, and in that scenario, "heavy" websites on IIS could be the issue. In other situations - performance is good.
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    Microsoft
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    Scalability
    GigaSpaces
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft IIS Server is scalable if the underlying server configuration is done correctly. Use x64 edition v/s 32bit and using 32bit mode application pools are some of the tweaks to be done to make the IIS server scalable. There are too many small configurations need to be carried out in order to make a highly scalable IIS server hence not giving full score in this area.
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    Return on Investment
    GigaSpaces
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    Microsoft
    • Allowing us to internally host our monitoring websites allows quick access to data that can be quite hidden, saving developer time.
    • It was inexpensive compared to more bulky solutions saving upfront cost.
    • It’s easy to install and enable allowing more developer savings.
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