Running filePro in the Cloud?

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If I never heard the word "cloud" again, it'll be too soon.  It's a
buzzword that means something different to everyone, and therefore means
next to nothing.

Bottom line on the tangible business side of things is that it's almost
always bad business to make knee-jerk decisions based on one hardware
failure.  The only exception of which I can think is if someone was running
without backups and their hardware failed, in which case they should
immediately take steps to implement backups.

Changing one's entire architecture over a one-off is silly.  One might
start to consider it for the longer term, but it's likely to generate
a poor outcome if if one acts rashly and without considering the full
ramifications of any changes.

mark->

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:09:45PM -0400, Del via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> 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.