Hi Hardy, I am a little wary about recommending hardware, there are so many different use cases for DSpace out there. I was once contacted by an architects office that just wanted somewhere to store their drawings. The danger is that someone considering DSpace may conclude that our recommendation is the minimum requirement, when their use case would require something more lightweight. In some cases a PC in the corner of the room with some backup facility might be sufficient.
Cheers, Robin. On 18/11/2013 20:24, "Pottinger, Hardy J." <pottinge...@missouri.edu> wrote: >Hi, I have been asking around privately for hardware recommendations for >running DSpace in production, and I noticed we have an old page of advice >here: > >https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/EndUserFaq > > >We should probably have a page of hardware advice for production DSpace on >the "official" DSpace wiki (that End User FAQ page isn't quite there). >>From all my asking around, here's what I've come up with for production: > >First, there's a question of approach. Most of the people I asked were >running PostgreSQL on a separate machine (DB tuning and troubleshooting is >not the same thing as Tomcat tuning and troubleshooting). > >So, if one is running an application stack on one machine, and a DB on >another machine, the specs for those machines would be different than an >"everything on one box" approach. Everything on one box is appropriate for >a staging/development server (which would have smaller requirements than >production). I've got a pretty good idea of what to recommend for the >application stack box and DB box, so I'll include those specs below. But, >if you have another suggestion, I'd love to hear about it. > >Three-box approach to DSpace > >Production Application Box: >4 CPU, 4GB of RAM, and with the following stack set up (note some of this >is specific to our environment): >Java 7 (OpenJDK is fine) >Tomcat 7 >Ant 1.8.2 or higher >Maven3 (3.0.4 or higher) >Shibboleth SP 2.5 or higher (optional) >Apache 2.0 (optional) >PHP 5.3.3 (optional) >As much storage as you need for your production bitstream content (very >environment-specific, external SAN storage recommended) > >Production DB Box: >1 CPU, 2GB of RAM >With this software installed: >PostgreSQL server > >As much storage as you need for a DB, probably the default space for your >VM will be sufficient. > > >Staging Box (everything on one box): >2 CPU, 2GB of RAM, and with the following stack set up (note some of this >is specific to our environment): >Java 7 (OpenJDK is fine) >Tomcat 7 >Ant 1.8.2 or higher >Maven3 (3.0.4 or higher) >Shibboleth SP 2.5 or higher (optional) >Apache 2.0 (optional) >PHP 5.3.3 (optional) >PostgreSQL server > >As much storage as you need for your staging and development bitstream >content (very environment-specific, external SAN storage recommended) > > > >-- >HARDY POTTINGER <pottinge...@umsystem.edu> >University of Missouri Library Systems >http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ >https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/ >"We shall not cease from exploration, and at the end of all our exploring >will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." >--T.S. Eliot > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription >Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. >Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing >conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up >now. >http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktr >k >_______________________________________________ >Dspace-devel mailing list >Dspace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Dspace-devel mailing list Dspace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel
