[Koha] Koha slowness and server hardware

2014-07-16 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello everyone, I'm looking for some thoughts/opinions. I have a working 3.14.04 package install environment running on a 4-core 3.6GHz system with 8GB RAM. The OS is Debian 32-bit running as a VM on top of VMware ESXi. This single VM is allocated pretty much all of the physical hardware

Re: [Koha] Koha slowness and server hardware

2014-07-16 Thread Daniel Sanford
That number does seem usual. We've got a Koha instance that's larger in terms of items (small in terms of patrons) which gets a much lower usage. It's possible that a lot of searches or use could drive it up but that tends to be spikes rather than a long flat usage. VMware is a possible cause.

Re: [Koha] Koha slowness and server hardware

2014-07-16 Thread glaws
We're seeing a similar problem with our Koha install; we're blaming the 32-bit OS. I'd recommend upgrading VMWare and (re)installing Deb 64bit on your system, and also possibly moving up to Koha 3.16, if you have to option to do those things. Would the vSphere Hypervisor work for you? We've been

Re: [Koha] Koha slowness and server hardware

2014-07-16 Thread Robin Sheat
Steven Nickerson schreef op wo 16-07-2014 om 13:32 [-0400]: - Could it be the 32-bit OS? The version of VMware I installed wouldn't allow me to create a 64-bit Debian VM. It could be, but it's probably not with that number of items. 64-bit is recommended however, and can be done