[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] General Questions

[Thomas Sycko]

Hi, All,

I'm kind of a novice here myself, but here is my understanding of the
answers to Chris's questions.  Please let me know if I am mistaken:

1.) Overkill, maybe.  But bigger is better, right?
2.) Can run on a virtual machine; in fact, there a VBox image available.
But not a great idea for production?
3.) Maybe could be done with a script, but not ideal as there would be
considerable bibliographic data missing, right? Importing some sort of
retrospective conversion file (from Mitinet, MARCive, etc.) might be a
better choice?
4.) Checkout Ubuntu.com -- LOTS of information.  The Evergreen setup process
is not exactly great for a novice -- not everything is available from a
single repository and not installable via APT-GET, etc.  So no graphical
installation?

Anyhow, I hope this helps Chris and gives others a chance to give more
accurate information if it's out there.

Thanks, all!
--Tom

On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Chris Hearns <chearns at cmpl.org> wrote:

>
> I've been thrust into helping a startup library setup their entire computer
> system.
> As an IT professional I am pretty well rounded with Computer systems, but I
> am lacking Unbuntu knowledge, etc.
> I have acquired a really good server to use, that I believe is overkill for
> just running unbuntu and ever green.
>
> 8gig RAM
> Duo 3.5 ghz processors
> 5 80gig hard drives in Raid 5
>
> Anyway, I'm a windows server guy and was wondering if Unbuntu and evergreen
> would run on Microsoft Virtual machine if I configure it for windows server
> 2003.  If someone has this setup are there any issues you encountered from
> the initial setup or later.
>
>
> Evergreen questions
>
> The library was donated 80,000 items from another library.
>
> Can you import a record set like an excel file to populate the database?
> How well would evergreen run that amount of records?
>
> Does anyone have additional documentation on unbuntu and evergreen setup
> suitable for someone touching unbuntu for only the second day.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Christopher Hearns
> IT professional
> Officially the Self-Proclaimed IT Director
> Harrison Township Public Library
>
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