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copied!<blockquote> <p>What are the required changes or roadblocks one can expect with the latest versions of Drupal (7) and/or WordPress (3.8) running on Windows instead of Linux?</p> </blockquote> <p>None. Drupal, Wordpress, etc, run on PHP. PHP uses the same codebase cross-platform, and is tested so before any release.</p> <p>Whenever issues come up, they usually get reported and fixed quickly because there are many many PHP installs on Windows; and I believe some of the devs of PHP run it primarily on Windows.</p> <blockquote> <p>How can you get the server to run as fast as a Linux server?</p> </blockquote> <p>Install only the minimal needed Windows Server setup (no IIS, MSQL, SMTP, DNS Server, etc). Don't run any 3rd-party firewall, anti-virus, and anti-malware applications.</p> <p>Tune Apache and MySQL settings for your resources.</p> <p>Aside from that, use a caching layer if you are really interested in performance: Apache's mod_mem_cache on Windows using Apache's native thread-based MPM is quite powerful, and will beat any PHP opcode cache by entire folds/factors.</p> <p>PHP's opcode caches tend to be hit and miss with regards to stability and script compatibility.</p> <blockquote> <p>IIS or Apache or third option?</p> </blockquote> <p>Use Apache.</p> <p>Just like PHP, it's codebase is cross-platform. It has no issues on Windows that I've seen.</p> <blockquote> <p>For Windows, what other performance optimizations and configurations (e.g., page caching) do you recommend?</p> </blockquote> <p>Apache - adjust the number of Workers to your concurrent load.</p> <p>MySQL - adjust MyISAM and InnoDB buffers and buffer logs to your available RAM.</p> <p>If you are running native firewall or anti-virus s/w, make sure to exclude Apache's and MySQL's binary paths, and the WAMP's Temp and Database folders.</p> <blockquote> <p>Is WampServer fine for use in a production environment?</p> </blockquote> <p>The only WAMP that I know of that's officially stated as being for production is <a href="http://www.devside.net/server/webdeveloper" rel="nofollow">Wamp-Developer Pro</a>. You'd have to take a look at <a href="http://www.wampserver.com/en/" rel="nofollow">WampServer</a> and <a href="http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html" rel="nofollow">XAMPP</a> pages to see what they state. *WampDeveloper is not free (but does come with support).</p> <blockquote> <p>Any particular version of Windows?</p> </blockquote> <p>Windows Server 2012 would be good... As long as it's not XP or Server 2003. If it's a client version, then Windows 7.</p>

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