<div dir="ltr">Could someone give me some guidance on the specifications for the server/host required to run an ArchivesSpace instance?<div><br></div><div>I'm pricing various Linux hosting services, and need to decide which service tier will be required.<br>
<div><br></div><div>I'm looking for </div><div>- an approximate "best" memory size and </div><div>- some way to estimate the growth rate for storage </div><div>so I can select the correct service plans for us to start processing. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I see in the Installation Guide that "<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,'Segoe UI',Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:25.6000003814697px">At least 1024 MB RAM</span><span style="font-family:arial">" is recommended, but is this a 'more would be better' situation?</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial"><br></span></div><div>The defaults in the start script "archivesspace.sh" set the JVM Max Heap to 1024m and PermHeap to 256m so I am guessing that would mean the next tier host memory size of 2GB Ram would be better.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Is this a correct assumption? </div><div><br></div><div>And is there a back-of-the-envelope calculation for predicting the rate that disk storage requirements will grow? I'm planning on running with a MySQL backend.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for any advice.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>David Eves<div><<a href="http://www.bookbindersmuseum.org" target="_blank">www.bookbindersmuseum.org</a>></div>
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