windows django server

Question

I have inherited a Windows Server and I have to deploy a django app on it.

Have anyone tried to benchmark http servers with django support on this platform? Which one is fastest?

Use-case of my application would be:

• not so much writes to db
• heavy usage of admin panel
• display tons of results

• Yaroslav: Please take a look at this article Running Django on Windows (with performance tests)

Answer 1

Have you looked at either wamp or xampp? They both deliver Apache/MySQL/PHP-and-Perl on a Windows platform. But you need more because neither includes Python. See this SO thread for how to proceed from there. Note, you may encounter problems. See this SO thread for an example.

Ps. Personally, I would just get a an account that supports Django (e.g. webfaction.com) and not screw around with this.

• Matt Harasymczuk: not possible, I have to deploy a django CRM application which I have been developing since 2009, and it has to work intranet only! I did deployed it with Apache2 and I am wondering if there is something better
• Peter Rowell: @haras.pl: You don't say what is wrong with Apache, so it's hard to say what is better. If you are trying to survive on a small/slow machine, you might look at nginx - a super lightweight server. Here's an article on getting it to work on Windows. kevinworthington.com/nginx-for-windows

Answer 2

I run a Django site on Windows using Apache. I've posted a write up about some of the hurdles that you're going to face.

• Dinei: That link is broken