Running filePro in the Cloud?

[Del]

Thanks for all the replies about running filePro in the cloud.
After thinking it over, I believe I will advise my client to stick with his in 
house Windows server.
The performance on the local server is excellent, and the cloud may be subject 
to variable internet performance.
Given that his server is protected by multiple levels of security, I don't think 
it is any less secure than a cloud based server, and maybe more so.
He backs up his system both locally and to the cloud, and also keeps copies off 
site, so I think his data is safe from loss.
True, he had an unusual failure of the board that controls his Raid disk 
configuration, but that is the only hardware caused downtime he has had for 
several years, and it is clear that running in the cloud does not guarantee 100% 
uptime.
In the long run, the expense of running in the cloud appears to be greater than 
maintaining a local server.
If he relocates his application to a cloud server, he still has to maintain 
local workstations, and I am sure there will be plenty of technical issues to be 
solved, so it does not appear to remove the "IT" burden.
Please correct me if any of these ideas are just plain wrong.

Del Neroni


-----Original Message----- 
From: Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 9:33 PM
To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
Subject: RE: Running filePro in the Cloud?

I also have a client who asked about running fp in the cloud.  As he is running 
an older non licensed version of filePro, I advised him that I could set up his 
system to access his filepro data from the cloud. This would make his is data 
available and  insure that it is backed up.  Printing does not become a problem 
with the executables local. Of course access is dependent on having internet 
service.

One thing to consider if operating in the cloud is just how secure the cloud 
provider's system is.  Too many large companies have had their systems hacked. 
Has the cloud service provider been hacked?  Will they share that information if 
asked and put their answer in writing.  If your client's data is sensitive and 
they insist on putting their application in the cloud, then they should be at 
the latest release of  filePro and have their data files encrypted.  Also, any 
sensitive data with the file (field level) should also be encrypted.

There are many things to consider when putting an application into the cloud, so 
think this through carefully.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting

Office: 410-653-2813





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Filepro-list [mailto:filepro-list-
> bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Palmquist
> via Filepro-list
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:17 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Running filePro in the Cloud?
>
> I have been running one of my companies on a server in the CLOUD for years.
> Just a server farm somewhere.  You can get all kinds of service levels for 
> these
> installations.  They can provide the Hardware, OS, backup solution, tech 
> support
> for problems, etc.
>
> I have people in 3 states that use the filepro application daily.
>
> We had one failure in 5 years and were down for days, but our new solution
> with a virtual server would make that unlikely.  Other than that an occasional
> reboot (5 minutes - and installing Windows Updates), is all the maintenance it
> needs (Our big crash was when we owned an actual server on the farm.)  Ours
> is running Windows Terminal Services and the printing solution is part of the 
> OS
> in our new setup.  It is
> also a virtual drive so it much easier to recover.   Most solutions for
> small businesses would be to use a virtual drive.
>
> Our cost has run from 110 to 700 per month.  Service costs money. The more
> services they provide the more expensive the system.  I am not sure what you
> might find now, the prices have been dropping.
>
> Nancy
>
> On 5/19/2015 1:15 PM, Del via Filepro-list wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > One of my clients asked me if he could run his filePro application in the 
> > cloud.
> > What prompted this is that a board failed in his computer and he has been
> down for two days until they can ship him a new board (currently in transit).
> > He told me he would really love to “get out of this IT s**t”.
> > Anyway, I don’t know if you can do it, or, even more importantly, if it is
> advisable to do it.
> > Anybody out there looked into this?
> >
> > Del Neroni
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