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 -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Edward Almasy Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2018 1:19 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Web Server Specs? On Aug 2, 2018, at 2:27 PM, Julie Cole <[log in to unmask]> 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 -- Edward Almasy <[log in to unmask]> Director • Internet Scout Research Group Computer Sciences Dept • U of Wisconsin - Madison 1210 W Dayton St • Madison WI 53706 • 3HCV+J6 608-262-6606 (voice) • 608-265-9296 (fax)