Difference between revisions of "SUNScholar/Install Ubuntu/S01"

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NEXT - STEP 2 - BEFORE UBUNTU INSTALLATION

Click here to download the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server guide.

When your new server arrives, you will need to setup a RAID array on the server. Consult the guide supplied with your server for RAID setups.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

At Stellenbosch we use RAID6 as policy on our critical servers.

If you can, try to get estimates of the number of research articles published and the number of masters and doctorates published by your institution.

For each "born digital" item budget approx 2MB storage and for print items digitised approx 15MB.

If your archive is going to host research data and OER items then double your disk usage calculation.

If your server should run out of disk space, then simply add more storage. See link below for help.

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Upgrading/Hardware/Add_a_New_Disk

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:

We use the LTS versions of Ubuntu for our servers.
Please click here to find out why Ubuntu was selected as the server operating system platform.

Download and burn one of ISO images 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.

The server installation CD can be downloaded from:

ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/iso-images/ubuntulinux/14.04/ubuntu-14.04-server-amd64.iso

ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/iso-images/ubuntulinux/12.04/ubuntu-12.04-server-amd64.iso

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 ===Hardware===
+====RAID Array====
+When your new server arrives, you will need to setup a RAID array on the server. Consult the guide supplied with your server for RAID setups.
+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID
+At Stellenbosch we use RAID6 as policy on our critical servers.
+====Estimate Disk Usage===
 ;''Notes about disk space requirements''
 See: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/EndUserFaq#EndUserFaq-WhatsortofhardwaredoesDSpacerequire?Whataboutsizingtheserver?HowmuchdiskspacedoIneed?