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To Host or Not to Host, That is the Question

To Host or Not to Host, That is the Question. Ryan Lazar, Systems Specialist Christy Allen, Asst. Dir., Discovery Services. About Furman University Libraries. Serves 2,700+ students, 239 faculty, and over 600 staff Provides access to over 1 million resources Has 3 physical locations

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To Host or Not to Host, That is the Question

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  1. To Host or Not to Host,That is the Question Ryan Lazar, Systems Specialist Christy Allen, Asst. Dir., Discovery Services

  2. About Furman University Libraries • Serves 2,700+ students, 239 faculty, and over 600 staff • Provides access to over 1 million resources • Has 3 physical locations • Employs 28 faculty/staff and 81 students

  3. Millennium at Furman University • Implemented in 2005 • Provides access to over 1 million records • Circulates 42,000+ items a year • Catalogs 250,000+ items a year • Supports 55,000+ searches a year through the Library’s website

  4. The Millennium Conundrum Something is rotten…! • Running version 2009B 1.5 on a Sun 240V server • Server at risk of failing due to age • Version of Millennium no longer supported

  5. Considering Our Options To thine own self be true! • Continue with current server and version • Purchase a new server and upgrade to the new version • Move to a hosted server and upgrade to the new version

  6. We’re going hosted!

  7. Preparing To Migrate Readiness is all! • Schedule date and time • Work with III migration team • Plan with Furman IT for DNS and firewall changes • Contact third parties • Publicize internally and externally • Assemble testing team • Complete any pre-migration system activities and changes

  8. Migration Day Get thee to a server farm! • Confirm prep is complete • Remain on stand-by during migration • Coordinate post-migration testing • Troubleshoot as needed

  9. Still better, and worse Final Thoughts Cons • Software upgrades not bundled • System printers • On-campus FTP servers/Datatel • No back-up log • Response time (back-end) Pros • Response time (front-end) • Staff time/resources • Hardware/back-ups • Currency

  10. Questions? Give every man thy ear

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