If an organization cannot afford $20/month for a VPS they should attempt to use a ERP.
On Nov 24, 6:49 am, newnomad <[email protected]> wrote: > My question was more about what the absolute minimum requirements, > lowest entry barrrier, for a web2py ERP would be. What if the ERP was > to be used by an organisation that doesnt have a budget for a VPS yet, > it would be great if they could start using it on the free GAE, maybe > not perfect, but it works. Once they organisation grows, they can > still rent a VPS, but even then they might prefer a scalable PAAS > solution. > Will web2py ERP's work on GAE out of the box? > > On Nov 23, 4:33 pm, Vinicius Assef <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 > > > If we just use DAL, we can count on web2py's transaction management to > > make the app portable among supported databases. > > > So, Sqlite may be used in development and testing environments. > > If you want to run in a really small business, Sqlite could be acceptable, > > too. > > > I know some systems developed in Delphi using Paradox as database > > working for years, now. > > And they don't imagine what a transaction is. :-( > > > -- > > Vinicius Assef. > > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Michele Comitini > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I agree, it is true that in many little environments, there is only > > > one person writing and a few reading so sqlite would be > > > more than enough. > > > > 2010/11/23 mdipierro <[email protected]>: > > >> yes it should use dal and work with all supported databases, yet I > > >> would not run an ERP on a system without transactions. > > > >> On Nov 23, 9:07 am, Michele Comitini <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >>> IMHO the question is not about having a database, the question is that > > >>> the ERP must > > >>> use only DAL for data management and must run on any supported > > >>> database not only relational ones. > > > >>> mic > > > >>> 2010/11/23 mdipierro <[email protected]>: > > > >>> > I think a relational database for an ERP is a must and those ERPs all > > >>> > support them. > > >>> > At the university we have peoplesoft+oracle and ~30,000 users. Turns > > >>> > out the ERP is not a high traffic app and it runs on one VPS (with > > >>> > replication for high availability). I am sure any web2py ERP will be > > >>> > just fine on a VPS with postgresql. > > > >>> > Massimo > > > >>> > On Nov 23, 8:14 am, newnomad <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> >> It's really great that there are 3 ERP's in the works, I'd love to > > >>> >> switch from tryton to a web2py based system; > > > >>> >>http://code.google.com/p/gestionlibre/https://bitbucket.org/yamandu/y... > > >>> >> and a number 3 which I cannot find... > > > >>> >> However will any of those ever work without a relational database, or > > >>> >> doesn't it make any sense at all for an ERP to work without one? > > >>> >> If postgre is an absolute must, what are the recommended PAAS/cloud > > >>> >> options? > > >>> >> - amazon ec2 > > >>> >> - Google App Engine for > > >>> >> businesshttp://code.google.com/appengine/business/ > > > >>> >> An alternate solution may be to use mysql, so that it's still easy to > > >>> >> deploy web2py on a shared lamp host with phyton enabled, but without > > >>> >> shell access. > >
