On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Amandeep Kapila <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. My favourite linux distro is Debian, so am planning to install on > Debian Squeeze. Will it be OK. I mean if anybody is aware of any known > issues? I have Dell PowerEdge server.
Hi Amandeep, yes, I've been running DSpace on Squeeze (also on Dell PE, but that doesn't matter) in production without any problems, using all software (openjdk, tomcat, postgres, maven, ant) from the repositories. However I were installing a new repository now, at this time I would surely go with Wheezy. Also read carefully the Installation chapter for version information, especially some Maven versions don't compile some DSpace versions. > 2. The dspace version. What version is best to use? I had planned to > install 3.0 but am facing some issues like, On starting the jspui interface > I get a warn message in the log, Definitely go with the latest released version, currently 3.1. Which interface you want to use is up to you, depending on whether you're more comfortable with JSP or with XSLT. > WARN org.dspace.core.PluginManager @ No Configuration entry > found for Sequence Plugin interface=org.dspace.plugin.SiteHomeProcessor > > Also while creating metadata and uploading records, can't navigate > from page to page, encounter > > java.io.IOException: No such file or directory > > However, navigating back and trying again works but sometimes it > takes 2-3 attempts. The message in the cocoon log is > > org.apache.cocoon.ResourceNotFoundException: Page cannot be > found. > > But the page is there as it can navigate further after another > attempt You really have to provide full stack traces of these errors. In XMLUI they're usually on the error page, they're always in the dspace or tomcat log, sometimes you have to turn up logging to DEBUG level. More info here: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Troubleshoot+an+error > I have installed on 64bit server and using lvm partitioning (I > think these things won't matter.) So far I have encountered no such issues > on version 1.82. 64-bit Debian works fine. LVM doesn't matter, DSpace doesn't care about the underlying filesystem. > 3. My production server will be a virtual machine as it will be > co-hosted along with another windows server. Any use cases? I'm also running dspace as a VM on Dell PE machines and there is also an unrelated virtualized Windows machine (which crashes every few days, but I'm fairly sure that's not due to virtualization). Revskill raises a good point about RAM size. Although a small or medium-sized DSpace can run on 1 GB RAM just fine (one of mine does), it's not so snappy. Giving Tomcat some 8 GB has a major impact on page serving speed. Regards, ~~helix84 Compulsory reading: DSpace Mailing List Etiquette https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech List Etiquette: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette
