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

[Wolf Halton]

The basic eg setup can be done for very little on an Amazon EC^2 tiny
instance.  This would be sufficient for proof of concept.

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On May 4, 2012 1:47 PM, <rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net> wrote:

> 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?
>>
>>
>
>
> ----------------------
> 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 too
> dark
> to read." - Groucho Marx
>
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