Have you ever considered addressing redundancy by using a mirror (local, offsite or in the cloud)? It provides both disk and location redundancy and the cost is low (one 4D Server license and a modestly provisioned machine). And backups can be moved off the primary 4D Server, increasing availability.
Tom Benedict > On Sep 15, 2020, at 06:11, Mike Kerner via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Chip asked "why mechanical" > I'm an ssd fanatic, and have insisted on every new machine having an SSD > for years, so I was leery about doing this. It seems from the literature > that mechanical drives actually have a higher expected lifespan than > SSD's. The other reason is because if a mechanical drive fails, you have a > higher probability of recovery than you do with an SSD, because you can > clean-room the drive. As someone who got frequent flyer miles from > driveSavers, I appreciate that I never sent them a drive that they didn't > recover. > I'm still leery of this setup, though. I don't like it, and I'm concerned > that maybe the literature is incorrect. How can mechanical drives > possibly be more reliable than SSD's? > As a resul of this thread, we just added another drive to this new 4D > setup, so for now: > OS, applications (C:) (SSD) > Structure, Data (D:) (Mechanical) > backups and logs (F:) > Further, we have an external backup server. > I'm a gigantic proponent of cloud backups, as well, via whatever service. > > > On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 11:46 PM Tom Benedict via 4D_Tech < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I understand that medical data wouldn’t be stored in the public cloud, but >> what about private cloud? Private cloud has been used to store medical data >> for some years now. But not in Canada yet? Seems like there must be a way >> for a cloud provider to have geographic control of where the data might be >> physically stored. >> >> Tom >> >>> On Sep 12, 2020, at 19:13, Robert McKeever via 4D_Tech < >> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> And, by law, you can not store any Canadian Medical data on servers >> outside the country. Makes the cloud mostly useless. >>> >>>> On Sep 12, 2020, at 3:41 PM, nug via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> Personally cloud = ? Who has access to your data? >>>> Who is scanning/deep inspecting, even as innocuous as spotlight >> examining your data? >>>> >>>> Yes I know cloud is all the rage - but I guess it depends on who you >> trust with your data, and how sensitive your data is. >>>> >>>> A “personal” or “corporate" cloud would be another matter because it is >> at least run/operated buy the company who’s data It is (or you personally) >> in which case the data is “safe”. “Safe” as in those who have access are >> supposed to have access — of course that doesn’t mitigate against inside >> misuse of computing resources. :) >>>> >>>> Just because your paranoid - that doesn’t mean “they” are not REALLY >> after you! :) >>>> >>>> Chip >>>> >>>>> On Sep 12, 2020, at 2:09 PM, Tom Benedict <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Your redundancy here is impressive but I don’t see anything about >> cloud backup. >>>> >>>> ********************************************************************** >>>> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >>>> New Forum: https://discuss.4D.com >>>> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >>>> Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >>>> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >>>> ********************************************************************** >>> >>> _________________________________________ >>> Bob McKeever http://www.mswl.com < >> http://www.mswl.com/> >>> McKeever's Software Wizardry >>> Port Coquitlam, B.C. >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ********************************************************************** >>> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >>> New Forum: https://discuss.4D.com >>> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >>> Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >>> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >>> ********************************************************************** >> >> ********************************************************************** >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> New Forum: https://discuss.4D.com >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >> ********************************************************************** > > > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > On the second day, God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > New Forum: https://discuss.4D.com > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) New Forum: https://discuss.4D.com Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
