SUNScholar/Install Ubuntu/S01

Step 1. Requirements

Software

We use the LTS versions of Ubuntu for our servers. The server installation CD can be downloaded from:

ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/iso-images/ubuntulinux/10.04/ubuntu-10.04.4-server-amd64.iso

Burn the above ISO image to a blank CD. Do not copy it as data, it MUST be burned as an ISO image !

If you have problems burning your own CD, then please ask your IT support people to help you.

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Install for DSpace

Download and watch the following video ~ 30MB ~ 22mins:

http://web.lib.sun.ac.za/style/sunscholar/ubuntu-10.04-installation.mp4

Hardware

Please read hardware upgrading to view the pro's and con's of virtualisation, if you are considering virtualisation.

At the moment we use a DELL R710 server. With the following specifications:

• 2x Intel E5650 64 bit = 12 real CPU's and 24 virtual CPU's
• 12GB 1333Hz RAM
• 400GB RAID5 disk array using 10K RPM disks
• 4x 100MB Ethernet ports

Partition Sizing

The following partition scheme is reccomended.

/	ROOT partition, where all the system software is installed	10GB Minimum - 20GB preferred
n/a	SWAP partition	2x installed RAM
/var	VAR partition, where all the log files and database files are installed	10GB Minimum - 20GB preferred. This depends on how big your database index files get.
/home	HOME partition, where all the DSpace software files and bitstreams are stored	All the rest of the total disk capacity.

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