A modern version of UNIX is strongly recommended. Web Server Run a web server which is robust, fairly easy to configure, and for which there is a sizable knowledge-base among the online community. Any web server which is to be used should work well with scripts, and should have powerful, flexible, and easily implemented security. Scripts Run a relatively new version of perl and CGI.pm to use the existing ETD submission scripts. Perl is available for all modern operating systems, although the UNIX flavors are the best supported.
Backups Perform a full backup, system and collection-wide on a weekly basis.
Perform incremental backups nightly or even twice a day according to the load.