[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Re: Setting up demo for smallish mixed consortium

[rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net]

Hi Jill,

Cloud hosting isn't necessarily slow as it all depends on things that  
are variable.  It can be very fast.  Keep in mind that most of the  
"big" things on the web these days are cloud hosted.  But, it may not  
be for you.  If you're confidant you're moving to Evergreen you  
certainly could buy a full server(s) to use but there are some  
questions to answer.

Without referencing notes a few that pop to mind are:

How many patron, bib and item records do you expect to have within the  
next three years?  This will affect storage, memory for caching  
tables, etc....

How many circulations per year do you expect?  This may affect how  
beefy an application server you want.

How concerned are you about down time?  Servers can die so redundancy  
is valuable if that's important to you.

If you're going to really pound the reporting system you could move  
that onto it's own server as well.  The database can be moved onto a  
separate box.

Now, that can be a lot of investment just to see a demo box.  At this  
stage are you interested in looking at circulation, cataloging,  
acquisitions, administration functions, server admin stuff, everything?

Quoting Jill Minor <jminor at wcpl.net>:

> We are a mixed consortium straddling the Virginia/Tennessee border.   
> We need to know how to set up an Evergreen demo and so far, we have   
> not been able to make head or tail of anyone's advice. There are two  
>  public library systems and two small college libraries involved.   
> We  have given up on the idea of cloud hosting because we hear it is  
>  very slow, and we don't want to spook our staffs any more than   
> necessary. We would like to host our own demo. It must be accessible  
>  to every consortium location and handle a sample of 500 records.   
> Please, in plain English, what equipment do we require for our demo?  
>  Would it be advisable to just go ahead and purchase a server that   
> will eventually contain the entire Evergreen installation and put   
> our demo on it? How large a server would we need to buy?
>



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Rogan Hamby
Manager Rock Hill Library & Reference Services
York County Library System

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's  
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