[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Help for a tiny library?

[Rogan Hamby]

Hi Mark,

There is a big difference between running a production system on a desktop
VM and playing with it.  Running Evergreen in Virtual Box is common for
developers, documenters, etc....

And it's important for those who don't have a systems background that a VM
in a server environment and throwing up a VM on a desktop with limited
resources are very different things.

On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mark Ehle <markehle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not at all dubious, Rogan. We run Sirsi Symphony as a VM and have been for
> years. We pretty much don't run our servers on anything else *but* VM's.
> It's just how things are done now. I've run Evergreen in Virtual Box
> (totally free) on my PC to play with it and it works just fine. Given a
> decent enough PC,mainly enough memory, I'm sure you could run Evergreen on
> a VM for a few clients for a small library.
>
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ben,
>>
>> This was alluded to but to be clear, Evergreen isn't Windows software.
>> Evergreen was built to run on Linux and is commonly run on Debian though I
>> know it's used successfully on other distributions as well.  Honestly, as
>> much as I love to spread the love of Evergreen from what I can infer from
>> your post I don't think this would be the right direction for you.
>>
>> Running a production system on a VM is dubious though possible but then
>> connecting clients, doing the configuration, etc... these are going to
>> require a big investment of time and energy on the part of staff.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 6:25 PM, Ben T. <t.ben38 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> I volunteer for a tiny library that is growing.  At this point we're
>>> looking for a way to manage our check-outs/returns some way more efficient
>>> than paper and pencil.  Evergreen seems like it could be a good solution
>>> for us, however we are not able to afford a server at this point nor a
>>> subscription (we basically have no money).  Is there any way (hopefully a
>>> simple one) to run Evergreen just on a single Windows (7) machine, keeping
>>> the catalog and patron information locally?
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Ben
>>> Librarian Volunteer
>>> Kendall Clawson Library
>>>
>>> p.s. I am decently tech savvy, but not VERY tech savvy.  I won't be able
>>> to do any major amount of coding on my own.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
>> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
>> York County Library System
>>
>> “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to
>> suit me.”
>> ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
>>
>
>


-- 

Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
York County Library System

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit
me.”
― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
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