[Koha-devel] System use and best way to beef up a machine

[David Schuster]

Looking for opinions... We have had instances mainly between 8-9 in the
morning when the system is overloaded that items are not getting checked in.
The librarians assure me they see ALL the titles come up on the screen. My
only thought is that I'm having IO issues.

What are my best options to assist with this problem? More Memory? I'm
running a Dell PowerEduge Smart 2950 III Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.5 GHz(2
processors), with 16 GB memory

Between 7:45 and 9:30 in the morning my system usage doing a top goes from 1
to 7, I've seen it go to 12 for the average load 1 minute reading.

We had 271,694 returns for November.  I suspect the majority of that was
between 7:30-9:30 Monday - Friday.  Which comes out to be about 250 items
checked in during a 2 hour period.  Pretty good with no help other than
volunteers...  But when something doesn't get checked in and they run an
overdue it creates more work for the librarian to track the book down.  We
want to believe Koha is perfect, but we are having some issues.  I'd blame
the librarian, but I'm hearing this from several schools not just a couple.

Thoughts?

David Schuster
Plano ISD
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