Hosting filePro off-site

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On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 08:20:19PM +0000, neroni3000 at comcast.net thus
spoke:
> Yes, this is a Windows based server, the client is moving to a new
> office and wants to, in his words, "get out of the IT business".  Which
> I interpret as meaning he no longer wants to have an in-house server and
> local area network, be responsible for backups, security, and all of
> that.

And that is a misnomer.  A lot of people think it will work that way for
them.  The reality is usually pretty far removed from the anticipation.
All those things still need to be addressed.  Unless you contract with the
hosting provider to manage them for you, it's not really going to work out
like that.

Security, especially, is one area where hosting providers will often fall
far short.  They may protect their own hypervisors, but most don't do
regular security updates of the OS on the VMs themselves.

I lease a VPS from one of the better hosting companies I've seen.  I
-still- have to handle security on my VM.  Heck, a lot of hosting
providers' idea of security is null-routing a box and cutting it off after
it's been compromised.

I'm not at all against hosted solutions.  I'm simply saying that it doesn't
automatically remove all accountability and responsibility.  -Someone-
still has to handle it, and unless there are very specific agreements in
place, more places than not fall far short of the mark on security alone.

> I guess we could access the remote server using remote desktop, but how
> many people could access it simultaneously that way?

That depends on the license count for the RDP software (no matter which
version you pick), as well as the total bandwidth available, versus
required concurrent user count.

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