Running filePro in the Cloud?
Nancy Palmquist
nlp at vss3.com
Wed May 20 10:43:19 PDT 2015
For our local workstations we use any windows computer and run remote
desktop. Once that happens everything runs at the server. The current
terminal services on a Windows Server, will print to your local printers
without special programming.
Since the local workstations do not have to do more than that, you can
switch them out easy.
You could even use the cloud server to access email or do all those
things that you would like to keep safe. Allowing you to install on the
server your virus software, etc. This leaves the local computer with
little special programming so not much support is needed.
Now I have this in a Windows Server system. But a Linux system could be
setup also, with VPN connections that that use Network printers that
would keep the printing in house. Not really too much different.
Nancy
On 5/19/2015 10:09 PM, Del via Filepro-list wrote:
> 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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