[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Setting up a two library consortia system between US and Europe

[Yamil Suarez]

Hello all,

I would like some ballpark EG configuration advice from the veterans EG
users of the list. I am hoping for just a rough idea, and I can provide
more info on or off the list if necessary about my situation.

I work for a small U.S. music college library, with 58,000 titles and all
in one building. We are currently planning to migrate to EG sometime after
next summer, and we have a rough migration plan from ESI. My college has
plans to create a small study abroad program with 400 students in Spain.
This future Spain site will include its own small library. I was just
asked to figure out what additional needs I  will have to support this
remote library using our future Evergreen installation. So far I am
planning, perhaps naively, of taking a consortia approach of having a
single EG system. For example, the single system should have separate
circulation rules and catalogers for each country. Does this approach seem
reasonable to you guys?

Of the top of your heads, should I stick to the single server I was
planning to use in the US, or should I plan on getting an additional
server to live in the US or Spain? In general the US library does not have
high circulation rates, and that is why ESI recommended only one server
for a US only library. I also do not expect a lot of circulation activity
from the library in Spain.

Thanks in advance,
Yamil

P.S. should this be posted to the dev list instead?