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[EP-tech] Re: VM requirements

Dear Nick,

 

I am not very sure about Windows installation. As I know EPrints is very light-weight software. A generic web application installation of Windows should satisfy. If the resources are indeed not enough, it should be very easy to add extra CPU, Memory and Disk into a VM at a later stage.

 

Best Wishes,

Jia

 

 

Jia Tian

Systems Analyst, Infrastructure, Information Services

 

T   Internal: 62079

T   020 8417 2079

 

Kingston University London

Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2EE

www.kingston.ac.uk

 

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From: eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Sheppard, Nick
Sent: 07 December 2012 11:32
To: eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Subject: [EP-tech] Re: VM requirements

 

Thanks Jia!

 

I’m not certain but I think we run Windows rather than Linux…would that make a difference?

 

Nick

 

 

From: eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tian, Jia
Sent: 07 December 2012 11:20
To: eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Subject: [EP-tech] Re: VM requirements

 

Dear Nick,

 

I listed our demo server (a VM) running EPrints 3.8.8 for your reference. I believe EPrints is really a resource saving software.

 

CPU: 1 CPU

Memory: 2GB RAM

Total Disk: 60GB (now we only use 6GB, so I believe you could downgrade the amount to 30GB for instance)

MYSQL version: 5.0.26

Perl version: 5.8.8

 

I would suggest to partition (mount) the disk into at least three:

 

·         /

 

·         /opt/eprints3

 

·         /var/lib/mysql

 

Our demo server is running on an old OS - SUSE 10 SP3, therefore the versions of Perl and MYSQL are quit old. It would be better to run latest OS. We use SUSE, but I believe other Linux distributions should be fine.

 

Best Wishes,

Jia

 

 

Jia Tian

Systems Analyst, Infrastructure, Information Services

 

T   Internal: 62079

T   020 8417 2079

 

Kingston University London

Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2EE

www.kingston.ac.uk

 

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From: eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Sheppard, Nick
Sent: 07 December 2012 10:58
To: eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Subject: [EP-tech] VM requirements

 

I’ve finally persuaded my line manager to let me have a virtual server to test EPrints possibly to replace our current commercial repository software.

 

Our IT service has asked for  vCPUs, RAM and Disk requirements in order to cost the project. Also any other specs I might need to emphasise – MySQL etc. Is anybody able to advise?

 

Thanks

 

 

 

Nick Sheppard

Repository Developer

The Headingley Library

James Graham Building

Leeds Metropolitan University

Beckett Park

Leeds

LS6 3QS

Tel: 0113 812 4731

email: n.e.sheppard@leedsmet.ac.uk

blog: http://repositorynews.wordpress.com/

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Technical Officer - UK Council of research Repositories (UKCoRR) - http://www.ukcorr.org/

 

 

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