The basic eg setup can be done for very little on an Amazon EC^2 tiny instance. This would be sufficient for proof of concept.
Wolf -- http://lyrasis.org http://sourcefreedom.com Apache developer: [email protected] On May 4, 2012 1:47 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jill, > > Cloud hosting isn't necessarily slow as it all depends on things that are > variable. It can be very fast. Keep in mind that most of the "big" things > on the web these days are cloud hosted. But, it may not be for you. If > you're confidant you're moving to Evergreen you certainly could buy a full > server(s) to use but there are some questions to answer. > > Without referencing notes a few that pop to mind are: > > How many patron, bib and item records do you expect to have within the > next three years? This will affect storage, memory for caching tables, > etc.... > > How many circulations per year do you expect? This may affect how beefy > an application server you want. > > How concerned are you about down time? Servers can die so redundancy is > valuable if that's important to you. > > If you're going to really pound the reporting system you could move that > onto it's own server as well. The database can be moved onto a separate > box. > > Now, that can be a lot of investment just to see a demo box. At this > stage are you interested in looking at circulation, cataloging, > acquisitions, administration functions, server admin stuff, everything? > > Quoting Jill Minor <[email protected]>: > > We are a mixed consortium straddling the Virginia/Tennessee border. We >> need to know how to set up an Evergreen demo and so far, we have not been >> able to make head or tail of anyone's advice. There are two public library >> systems and two small college libraries involved. We have given up on the >> idea of cloud hosting because we hear it is very slow, and we don't want >> to spook our staffs any more than necessary. We would like to host our own >> demo. It must be accessible to every consortium location and handle a >> sample of 500 records. Please, in plain English, what equipment do we >> require for our demo? Would it be advisable to just go ahead and purchase >> a server that will eventually contain the entire Evergreen installation >> and put our demo on it? How large a server would we need to buy? >> >> > > > ---------------------- > Rogan Hamby > Manager Rock Hill Library & Reference Services > York County Library System > > "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too > dark > to read." - Groucho Marx >
