RE: Remote Servers at Large Academics

[Fred McIlvain <FRED dot McILVAIN at asu dot edu>]

Hi-

We are a Turnkey site and a large Academic Library.  Our DS-10 Alpha resides with the Campus IT servers in a secure server room about 2 blocks from the library.  The Campus IT folks change backup tapes for me daily.  I check on the machine from time to make sure the RAID drives are fine.  I call III for service problems, and swap out drives and move the modem around and such.

Other than having to physically trot over there, I have no problems accessing our server.  And our IT folks are great when I have to have them reseat a tape, or bring the system down for maintenance.

Fred McIlvain
Support Systems Analyst, Senior
Library Information Systems and Technology (LIST)
ASU Libraries, Tempe, AZ  85287-1006
fred dot mcilvain at asu dot edu
Voice (480) 965-9427   Fax (480) 965-7595



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[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org]On Behalf Of Byron C. Mayes
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 3:45 PM
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Subject: Remote Servers at Large Academics


Greetings,

I've checked the archives and recent discussions about ILS servers remote from
the Library. Most of those replying seem to be public library systems, smaller
colleges, and consortia. 

I'm interested in getting an idea of what the breakdown is in large academic
systems. I'm primarily interested in two questions:

1) Where is your production ILS server located?

2) Regardless of the answer to 1), what is the division of labor between Library
Systems and University IT -- specifically, who does what -- with regards to
system administration and maintenance (not including database management)?

Obviously the key to any arrangement working is a good relationship between the
Library and Univ IT (however that's defined at one's institution), so I'm not
really asking pros and cons of either arrangement. I just want to have a picture
of what others are doing.

Thanks,
Byron

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 Byron C. Mayes, MLS
 Head, Library Systems & Technology
 Temple University * Philadelphia, PA
 ByronC dot Mayes at temple dot edu
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