Re: [Koha] Cloud-based Koha vs locally hosted Koha

2014-12-10 Thread Jesse Lambertson
That's a very encouraging and affirmative recommendation. Thank you Elaine. On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Elaine Bradtke wrote: > Our system is run in the cloud. We felt this was more secure/reliable than > running it from our internal server. We recently shifted from one virtual > machin

Re: [Koha] Cloud-based Koha vs locally hosted Koha

2014-12-10 Thread Elaine Bradtke
Our system is run in the cloud. We felt this was more secure/reliable than running it from our internal server. We recently shifted from one virtual machine to another, including a change in the version of Linux we run. Of all the online services we have, Koha was the easiest one to move, and had

Re: [Koha] Cloud-based Koha vs locally hosted Koha

2014-12-09 Thread Jesse Lambertson
Thank you mark. We already do have a good plan for back-up. But with these other issues, your points are valid and jive with some other conversations I am having as we get ready to set this up (soonish). I will have to look at Brooke's other point about carefully picking the (external) hosting en

Re: [Koha] Cloud-based Koha vs locally hosted Koha

2014-12-09 Thread Mark Tompsett
Greetings, On 10 December 2014 7:06:37 am NZDT, BWS Johnson wrote: [SNIP] The only difference I can spot might actually weigh as a positive in favour of cloud based service. When you have a physical server and suffer a local catastrophe, such as an earthquake, fire, sinkhole, et cetera, there

Re: [Koha] Cloud-based Koha vs locally hosted Koha

2014-12-09 Thread Sudhir Gandotra
There is absolutely no problem, as long as you have access to the hosted machine. best wishes, Sudhir Gandotra Koha demo : http://koha.openlx.com On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Jesse Lambertson wrote: > Happy Tuesday everyone, > > I have a question about installation of Koha. > > Relative t

Re: [Koha] Cloud-based Koha vs locally hosted Koha

2014-12-09 Thread Chris Cormack
Hi all I agree with Brooke, the cloud is just someone else's computer. With all the advantages and disadvantages that brings. Chris On 10 December 2014 7:06:37 am NZDT, BWS Johnson wrote: >Salve! > >> I have a question about installation of Koha. >> >> Relative to hosting Koha in the cloud

Re: [Koha] Cloud-based Koha vs locally hosted Koha

2014-12-09 Thread BWS Johnson
Salve! > I have a question about installation of Koha. > > Relative to hosting Koha in the cloud as opposed to on our own local > servers on our domain (which I assume most people do), what is the thinking > about the ease of installing and updating if it is hosted "externally" > versus on our ow

[Koha] Cloud-based Koha vs locally hosted Koha

2014-12-09 Thread Jesse Lambertson
Happy Tuesday everyone, I have a question about installation of Koha. Relative to hosting Koha in the cloud as opposed to on our own local servers on our domain (which I assume most people do), what is the thinking about the ease of installing and updating if it is hosted "externally" versus on o