Performance of ASP.NET in Mono(Linux) vs IIS(Window)

Question

Is there any performance different between hosting your asp.net in mono on linux and iis on window server?

Answer 1

Here is a nice benchmark where someone tested the difference of windows/IIS vs Linux/Apache/Mono(mod_mono). Crazy enough mod_mono (apache's mono plugin) was significantly more performant. Granted I am sure that in certain circumstances it would be different, but given how low profile linux and apache are plus the great job the mono guys have done, it stands to reason that Linux/Apache/Mono is a better way to go. Now that being said, hopefully with the new open source ASP, we will see some super performant Linux .Net servers coming soon (primed and ready for the cloud).

graph of the performance comparison