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

[Mark Ehle]

When you have quad-core PC's with 8gb of ram, the difference is not that
much. I've run production VM's on my PC in a pinch and our staff never
knew.

What do you suggest Ben does?


On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net>
wrote:

> 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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