Hi Michael, What clinical application are you running?
Cheers Simon > The main reason we haven't installed a backup spare server is the cost > of the SQL licence in our case Gupta SQL. The licence costs a couple of > thousand dollars in itself. This is in addition to the hardware, and > installation etc etc. > > Dr Nigel Farrier wrote: >> and having a spare machine is a good idea as a backup in itself - had >> more than one occasion when a computer fries itself - swapped it out >> for the backup machine in a few minutes and then had time to repair it >> at leisure. Not only the database needs a backup but consider the >> hardware as well. >> N >> >> Cedric Meyerowitz wrote: >>> Tim >>> >>> An addendum to my last post. >>> For most GP's the cost of buying a standalone PC to test backups is >>> not that >>> great. Buying one will last many years as all it will have on is an OS, >>> your medical software. Nothing else. >>> >>> Cedric >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> On Behalf Of Tim Churches >>> Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2007 3:51 PM >>> To: General Practice Computing Group Talk >>> Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] backup! >>> >>> >>> Cedric Meyerowitz wrote: >>> >>>> Doctors should ask if they don't know. Most if not all GP's has a >>>> PC at home (or their kids has one). Install your software at home & >>>> test backup-restore there. >>>> >>> >>> I really don't want to think about the security and privacy hazards >>> associated with restoring a database chock full of highly confidential, >>> fully identified patient medical data onto a teenager's home PC... Or >>> any >>> home PC, for that matter, given that the degree of physical, >>> anti-virus/anti-trojan and firewall protection afforded to home PCs >>> rarely >>> meets the standard required for general practice computer networks. >>> >>> Does anyone else see a problem with what Cedric is suggesting? >>> >>> Tim C >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gpcg_talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gpcg_talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gpcg_talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk >> > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
