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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:blue'>Whoa! That information is way over the
top. (And as others have observed, out of date.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:blue'>We’re just now upgrading our
hardware to a dual processor HP box with 1TB of disk (expandable), for under AUS$15k.
(We get edu discounts.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:blue'>The important thing is, how quickly are
you likely to grow? You say hundreds of thousands of docs, but in what time
frame. Bear in mind your hardware will need replacing in three years anyway. So
unless you are going to reach 200,000+ docs within three years, you need not
buy hardware that will meet that need today.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:blue'>Also, with a small investment in
hardware now, you can more easily bear the pain of early replacement if it
turns out not to be enough. Whereas if you spend big bucks now and never use
its potential before you need to replace, you’ve wasted money.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:blue'>My advice, buy small, upgrade when you
need to, and meanwhile spend the bucks on staff to make it all happen.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Senior Systems Analyst, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
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dspace-general-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:dspace-general-bounces@mit.edu] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Bram Luyten<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, 9 February 2007 3:11
am<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Tellier, Stephane;
dspace-general@mit.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Dspace-general]
DSpace hardware specs</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hello Stephane,<br>
<br>
some information is available on the dspace website: <a
href="http://dspace.org/what/dspace-hp-hw.html">http://dspace.org/what/dspace-hp-hw.html</a><br>
<br>
As these systems mean rather high investments, it might be interesting to make
an estimation on the required diskspace, processing power and bandwidth from
the future estimated usage. <br>
<br>
During the rollout of DSpace at university, we experience 13% processorload on
a Intel dualcore Xeon hyperthread processor during peak hours, when the system
is answering 500 page requests per hour (mainly edit & submit actions).
Although this is a repository with currently little full text and many item
descriptions. <br>
<br>
Does anyone have experience with intensive performance testing, for instance
with tools like JMeter ? Would be interesting to find out more.<br>
<br>
with best regards,<br>
<br>
Bram Luyten<br>
@mire - <a href="http://www.atmire.com">http://www.atmire.com</a><br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 2/8/07, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Tellier,
Stephane</span></b> <<a href="mailto:stephane.tellier@cgi.com">stephane.tellier@cgi.com</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I have to write a hardware specs document
for implementing a DSpace solution in a library. We intend to manage at least
hundred of thousands of digital documents and the solution is for the general
public. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Is there some documentation in the DSpace
community/forums/web sites that can help me to produce a document about
hardware specs?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Thanks a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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