When you have quad-core PC's with 8gb of ram, the difference is not that much. I've run production VM's on my PC in a pinch and our staff never knew.
What do you suggest Ben does? On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.ha...@yclibrary.net> wrote: > 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 <marke...@gmail.com> 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 <rogan.ha...@yclibrary.net> >> 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. <t.be...@gmail.com> 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> >