Maybe splitting the load using virtual machines may help. Instead of 
running 24 dspace instances on one machine, use something like 2 virtual 
machines with 12 instances on each or 4 and 6, 3 and 8, etc.

cachiusa wrote:
> Dear all,
> I am looking for solution for 24 Dspace for 24 communities run on 1 server.
> Which solution I should choose:
>
> 1) 24 instances of Tomcat, one for each Dspace instance, or
> 2) One Tomcat for 24 Dspace instances. 
>
> I choose second solution by following the link 
> http://www.nabble.com/Changing-DB-Name-%C2%BFhow--td19053520.html 
> and already finished installation. But my server is broken if I  try to
> access 24 DSpace at the same time (it is ok to open 12 Dspace). 
>
> Some sites show error:
> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space
>
> The others return errors:
>  java.io.FileNotFoundException:
> /usr/local/gmseenet/partners/gmseenet/dspace/webapps/jspui/WEB-INF/web.xml
> (Too many open files)
>  
> or: 
> org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP
>
> I already set heap memory for Tomcat to 2048 by
> JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx2048M -Xms64M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8", but I still face the
> same problem.
>
> I have to run 24 DSpace in 1 machine, so what is solution for me?
> Please help me. Thanks in advance.
> Best,
> Cachiusa
>
>
> Robin Taylor-2 wrote:
>   
>> Hi Mika,
>>
>> For what it is worth, we currently run 5 Dspace instances in the same
>> Tomcat
>> without any problems. Using Tomcat manager allows us to stop/start/deploy
>> one instance without affecting the others. We are running on a Sun/Solaris
>> v240. We run an  Apache Webserver in front of Tomcat to avoid the user
>> having to append 8080 to the URL. We allocate 2G of memory to Tomcat, my
>> understanding is that Tomcat doesn't like having more although that may be
>> just a vicious rumour. We did investigate the possibility of separating
>> the
>> Dspace's into different virtual machines or into different instances of
>> Tomcat on the same machine, but came to the conclusion that we would be
>> introducing a layer of complexity and increased maintenance for no real
>> gain.  
>>
>> Cheers, Robin.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>> -- 
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>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mika
>> Stenberg
>> Sent: 08 April 2008 12:38
>> To: '[email protected]'
>> Subject: [Dspace-tech] Hardware used in DSpace repositories
>>
>> 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
>>
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