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Minimum RAM requirements for ISLE is 16GB #1821

Open dwk2 opened 3 years ago

dwk2 commented 3 years ago

It needs to be clearly documented that the minimum RAM requirements for ISLE is 16GB. We had tried 8GB for the ICG test Islandora 8 site and consistently experienced erratic behavior in which the Docker service would cease functioning correctly. Updating this (thank you Noah Smith!) to 16GB enabled reliable uptime.

rosiel commented 3 years ago

That may be. And at the same time that's ridiculous. Personal computers that large are cost-prohibitive (especially under the new Mac M1 architecture), and institutions also shouldn't have to furnish/pay for so many resources to be available. What percentage of the running time do we actually need all this scaled-up infrastructure? Can't we find a way to develop and work with less?

mjordan commented 3 years ago

Unless you specifically need to be developing/testing ISLE (valid requirement), Islandora Playbook runs comfortably in 8 GB.

mjordan commented 3 years ago

Tech call 2021-05-19: Contradictory experience in the field. Needs more investigation, particularly the minimum requirements for dev laptops and dedicated servers.