I was actualy referring to having a backup machine for the
doctors/receptionist desks and not the server as that is another story.
For those of us that can run the server using XP and MSDE or Express
this is not a problem as the spare machine can be plugged in easily to
fill that role. Those of you using MS SQL full edition have to make a
choice. Do you pay for additional licences or not or just try to get
the best server with redundant everything inside.
N
Michael Christie wrote:
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
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