Good point, although in a VM environment it is likely outside our control, and might be hard to justify an exception for a sandbox server.
Julie
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From: Code for Libraries <CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG> On Behalf Of Edward Almasy
Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2018 1:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Web Server Specs?
On Aug 2, 2018, at 2:27 PM, Julie Cole <jcole_at_LANGARA.CA> wrote:
> We plan to install a LAPP or LAMP stack on it. (maybe both databases?) I don't see this as being a very heavy transaction oriented environment. Some thoughts of things we would like to do with it:
> This will likely be a virtual server, so it won't be written in stone, but I'm still unclear on how much to ask for in terms of CPU, Memory and RAM.
> Any tips, pointers, gotchas?
If possible, get an SSD for storage. In addition to the obvious increased general responsiveness, it’ll make many development and maintenance tasks far less onerous.
Ed
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