MS SQL Server - SQL server as web hosting

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SQL server as web hosting

lwidjaya

2006-11-16, 7:12 pm

Hi,
One of our SQL servers is also our extranet hosting. Is that why this server
not joined to the network domain (so people can login from outside)? As far
as I know, only our sales people who login to the extranet but they're all
over the country.
Will there be a problem if we join this server to our network domain?

Thanks in advance,

Lisa

Edgardo Valdez, MCTS, MCITP, MCSD, MCDBA

2006-11-16, 7:12 pm

I am not a networking expert, but a web server exposed to the internet is at
risk to be a victim of DOS (Denial Of Service). I would imagine that is the
reason that is not a part of the domain, to protect the corporate network by
isolating the web server.

On the SQL side, I would not recommend to put a SQL Server in the same
machine as a Web Server.

"lwidjaya" wrote:

> Hi,
> One of our SQL servers is also our extranet hosting. Is that why this server
> not joined to the network domain (so people can login from outside)? As far
> as I know, only our sales people who login to the extranet but they're all
> over the country.
> Will there be a problem if we join this server to our network domain?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Lisa

lwidjaya

2006-11-16, 7:12 pm

Thanks for your reply. If we decide to join this server to the domain, do you
know if this will affect the performance of the web pages (besides the
security point)?
Do we need to modify any of the databases/server properties?

"Edgardo Valdez, MCTS, MCITP, MCSD, MCDBA" wrote:
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> I am not a networking expert, but a web server exposed to the internet is at
> risk to be a victim of DOS (Denial Of Service). I would imagine that is the
> reason that is not a part of the domain, to protect the corporate network by
> isolating the web server.
>
> On the SQL side, I would not recommend to put a SQL Server in the same
> machine as a Web Server.
>
> "lwidjaya" wrote:
>

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