[Koha-devel] 64-bit versions

Ian Walls ian.walls at bywatersolutions.com
Tue Aug 2 18:36:36 CEST 2011


The guideline we've followed is to have as much RAM as you do MySQL
database.  For a very large system, that's not always possible, and isn't
even necessary with the right tuning, but RAM more than anything is the key
resource to throw at Koha for snappier response.


-Ian

2011/8/2 Paul <paul.a at aandc.org>

>  At 07:07 AM 8/2/2011 -0400, Ian Walls wrote:
>
> ByWater Solutions also runs 64 bit Debian Squeeze, and we are quite pleased
> with it.
>
>
> Tnx to all for your replies.  A follow-up if I may?  How much RAM are you
> using?  My current "sand-box server" is very slow (4-7 seconds for searches,
> admin saves, etc) with only 2 gigs; we are refining our new specs and
> hesitating between 8 and 16 gigs for the new box. Our users and cataloguers
> are really looking for more or less instantaneous responses to OPAC searches
> and I'm looking for all the hardware design help I can get.
>
> Best regards - Paul
>
> -Ian
>
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Paul Poulain <paul.poulain at biblibre.com>
> wrote:
>  Le 01/08/2011 23:07, Chris Cormack a écrit :
> >> I'll then migrate our current db from 3.2 (on a 32-bit machine) and
> again
> >> would appreciate any words of wisdom from any of you as to best
> practices.
> >> Â The new server will use Ubuntu 10.04LTS rather than 10.10 (current
> server)
>
> >> just for the long-term maintenance schedule in a production environment.
> >>
> > We run our production systems on 64bit debian squeeze, with no issues
> Same thing for us: 64bits debian squeeze, with no issues
>
> **
>
> ** Paul
> Tired old sys-admin
>
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