[Dspace-general] DSpace hardware specs

[Steve Thomas]

Whoa! That information is way over the top. (And as others have observed,
out of date.)

 

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.)

 

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.

 

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.

 

My advice, buy small, upgrade when you need to, and meanwhile spend the
bucks on staff to make it all happen.

 

 

Regards,

 

Stephen Thomas, 

Senior Systems Analyst, 

University of Adelaide Library 

UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE SA 5005 AUSTRALIA 

Phone: +61 8 830 35190 

Fax: +61 8 830 34369 

Email: stephen.thomas at adelaide.edu.au 

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From: dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu]
On Behalf Of Bram Luyten
Sent: Friday, 9 February 2007 3:11 am
To: Tellier, Stephane; dspace-general at mit.edu
Subject: Re: [Dspace-general] DSpace hardware specs

 

Hello Stephane,

some information is available on the dspace website:
http://dspace.org/what/dspace-hp-hw.html

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. 

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. 

Does anyone have experience with intensive performance testing, for instance
with tools like JMeter ? Would be interesting to find out more.

with best regards,

Bram Luyten
@mire - http://www.atmire.com



On 2/8/07, Tellier, Stephane <stephane.tellier at cgi.com> wrote: 

I everyone.

 

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. 

Is there some documentation in the DSpace community/forums/web sites that
can help me to produce a document about hardware specs?

 

Thanks a lot.


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