Hello Roger, Friday, August 10, 2007, 7:18:43 PM, you wrote: RH> I'd like recommendations on which hardware and OS to choose to most easily, RH> reliably, and economically run Koha, and only Koha? RH> We don't need a very powerful server: our library is small, about 10,000 RH> books; we have about 35 students. for 35 students every computer will be good (only no Celeron;) i suggest Core Duo 2 with min. 2GB of memory.. RH> (1) what hardware will give us the RH> least trouble in setting up Koha, and please be as specific as possible, RH> such as a Dell [model, CPU, etc.]; for example: we have now : 1. Apache with mod_perl (without mod_perl KOHA is useless work) and other stuff like postfix, samba, etc. Pentium 4 3 Ghz 1MB/800 Mhz, 1,5GB Memory, 3Com ethernet cards, ata 2. Database Pentium 4 2,6 Ghz, 1,5GB Memory,36 x 4 SCSI now we will be migrating to dedicated server for KOHA: Fujitsu-Siemens PY TX200S3fi/X E5310 Xeon DP E5310 1.60GHz 2x4MB 1066MHz 4GB 2x2GB Base FBD667 PC2-5300F d ECC DVD-ROM ATAPI HD SAS 3Gb/s 146GB 10k hot plug 3.5" szt.2 RAID-Ctrl 0-Channel SAS 128MB LP LSI this all for: 100 staff and about ~18000 students RH> 2) what OS running on that hardware RH> will require the least troubleshooting, OS: PLD and OpenSUSE soon only OpenSUSE tested on Debian too:) RH> In sum, what is the most standard hardware and OS configuration for Koha? everything what working with linux:) RH> What we really need now is a machine and OS that will allow us a clean RH> install without a lot of debugging and troubleshooting. remember mod_perl is first what you must install:) test for 2000 requests (Concurrency Level 20): CGI (standard work of koha): 30.209421 sec mod_perl: 2.180615 sec bye -- The Main Library of Szczecin University. Computerization Department. http://bg.univ.szczecin.pl