Hi Mark, There is a big difference between running a production system on a desktop VM and playing with it. Running Evergreen in Virtual Box is common for developers, documenters, etc....
And it's important for those who don't have a systems background that a VM in a server environment and throwing up a VM on a desktop with limited resources are very different things. On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mark Ehle <[email protected]> wrote: > Not at all dubious, Rogan. We run Sirsi Symphony as a VM and have been for > years. We pretty much don't run our servers on anything else *but* VM's. > It's just how things are done now. I've run Evergreen in Virtual Box > (totally free) on my PC to play with it and it works just fine. Given a > decent enough PC,mainly enough memory, I'm sure you could run Evergreen on > a VM for a few clients for a small library. > > On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Rogan Hamby <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Ben, >> >> This was alluded to but to be clear, Evergreen isn't Windows software. >> Evergreen was built to run on Linux and is commonly run on Debian though I >> know it's used successfully on other distributions as well. Honestly, as >> much as I love to spread the love of Evergreen from what I can infer from >> your post I don't think this would be the right direction for you. >> >> Running a production system on a VM is dubious though possible but then >> connecting clients, doing the configuration, etc... these are going to >> require a big investment of time and energy on the part of staff. >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 6:25 PM, Ben T. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> I volunteer for a tiny library that is growing. At this point we're >>> looking for a way to manage our check-outs/returns some way more efficient >>> than paper and pencil. Evergreen seems like it could be a good solution >>> for us, however we are not able to afford a server at this point nor a >>> subscription (we basically have no money). Is there any way (hopefully a >>> simple one) to run Evergreen just on a single Windows (7) machine, keeping >>> the catalog and patron information locally? >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> Ben >>> Librarian Volunteer >>> Kendall Clawson Library >>> >>> p.s. I am decently tech savvy, but not VERY tech savvy. I won't be able >>> to do any major amount of coding on my own. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA >> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, >> York County Library System >> >> “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to >> suit me.” >> ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis> >> > > -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
