In addition to answers you might get through this list, make sure to get a copy of the ARL publication "SPEC Kit 292: Institutional Repositories July 2006" (ISBN 1-59407-708-8) which includes a survey of hardware used in IR installations, including DSpace.
It is a useful publication to have on hand... Mika Stenberg wrote: > We are planning to centralize all DSpace instances used in our > University into one server. Eventually a total of 5-6 individual DSpace > instances would end up running on the same platform, either on > virtualized OS's or simply distributed on different ports. > > What I'd be interested in, is to learn the your experiences on the issue > and acquire the following info from other members of the community: > > 1) How many instances of DSpace does your institution run and > what kind of hardware (CPU, memory, disk space & OS) are they > running on? > > 2) How many items are stored in your repository? > > 3) Have you experienced any performance issues with your > repositories using the hardware described above? > > > You can reply directly to me by e-mail at mika.stenberg(at)helsinki.fi. > If other parties are interested on summary, I will be happy to provide it. > > Thanks for the input, > > Mika Stenberg > University of Helsinki > Finland > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Register now and save $200. Hurry, offer ends at 11:59 p.m., > Monday, April 7! Use priority code J8TLD2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Register now and save $200. Hurry, offer ends at 11:59 p.m., Monday, April 7! Use priority code J8TLD2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
