[mapserver-users] Looking for advice for OGC Services Serverhardware requirements

[David Alda Fernandez de Lezea]

Steve,

Thanks for your response. 

The thing is that the technology we have to use is MapServer + TileCache + OL, so there's no possible discussion about this, it's not my decision. We have now everything setted up in a test environment (it's an Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 at 2.4 GHz PC with 2 GB of RAM, and it's used for some other tasks, apart from web mapping). I think that the performance now it's OK, but not for a production level, I just needed some guidelines or suggestions on hardware requirements for a server that will serve geographical data.

I'll have to investigate a bit more with the information taken from your responses.

Thanks again.

David.

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De: Steve Kelly [mailto:steve at sjk.net.au] 
Enviado el: miércoles, 10 de marzo de 2010 13:08
Para: David Alda Fernandez de Lezea
Asunto: RE: [mapserver-users] Looking for advice for OGC Services Serverhardware requirements

David, 

If you want we can have a skype chat and I can help you with some of the settings and setting things up - we render billions of images here a year using mapserver.

I am also keen to talk to you about our tilecache technology and map engine (to replace openlayers and the tilecahce you are  using) 

If you want to have a talk over Skype - add me Stephen.kelly2 (I am based in Australia GMT+10) 

But am around for the next hour or so on and off 

I look forward to a chat 

Thanks
Steve



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Nobody suggests anything??

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De: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] En nombre de David Alda Fernandez de Lezea Enviado el: martes, 09 de marzo de 2010 11:35
Para: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
Asunto: [mapserver-users] Looking for advice for OGC Services Serverhardware requirements


Hello list,

In our company, we are planning to set up a OGC Services Server using MapServer (we are currently using version 5.2.1, and at the moment it's working fine) to serve amounts of geographical data. We are going to serve big raster files (45 GB aprox each raster), so we need a big HDD (we know this). We are planning to have this raster files tiled with TileCache. We also are going to serve data via MapServer from another server in which we have an Oracle Spatial DataBase with very big tables and millions of rows, so we think that the communication between these 2 servers should be very fluid.

All this services will be consumed by our own employees (50 aprox) or other people using desktop GIS software like gvSIG, Kosmo or ArcGIS.

Besides, we are developing some web applications using OpenLayers, and this web apps will also consume those ogc services.

 So, our doubts have to do with the following subjects:
 - Processor
 - RAM Memory
 - HDD (we know that has to be large, i.e. 1TB - 2TB)
 - Number of network adapters (is advisable to have more than one?)
 - Which OS is best for MapServer, Linux or Windows 2003 (in terms of performance)
 - Other suggestions...

IMPORTANT: Take into account that this is going to be at PRODUCTION LEVEL.

Hope someone can help me. Thanks!!
 
Un saludo,
 
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David Alda Fernández de Lezea
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