I agree. But the education so far hasn't been sinking in. It's another example of them doing something on their own and going deeper down the rabbit hole. Then realizing that to get back out it's going to be costly, take some time and be disruptive for a while. It's getting them to the point for them to see that is the best way to go versus continuing to limp along.
Art DeKneef Avanti Computers Mesa, AZ 480-649-4430 Office 480-529-4430 Mobile From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew S. Baker Sent: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 9:11 AM To: ntsysadm Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Remote full computer backup to cloud Personally, unless the money is *really* really good, I would say that the first order of business is to educate this particular client enough to at least trust your technology guidance and recommendations. Otherwise, the pain for all parties will be quite unbearable, and the time wasted will be quite extensive. ASB <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market. On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:19 AM, Art DeKneef <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: That hybrid solution was one of my original proposals for the laptops. Having the recent company data in the cloud so everyone was working with the same file. No more having different files on different users computers depending on who was working on the file at that time. Yes it is a mess. "One" of the things he would like to fix. > Are end-users responsible for their own system administration? HAHAHAHAHA! Yes. Everyone here is their own local admin. With all the rights and privileges that go with it. The 2 laptops I have looked at so far need some serious "cleaning" for being company-owned business laptops. As for the responsibility, what do you think it is? :-) Art DeKneef Avanti Computers Mesa, AZ 480-649-4430 <tel:480-649-4430> Office 480-529-4430 <tel:480-529-4430> Mobile -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Ben Scott Sent: Monday, September 1, 2014 8:57 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Remote full computer backup to cloud On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Art DeKneef <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > He likes the idea of laptops with an external hard drive for backups. > His concern is having the laptop backed up consistently every night. Automatically as well. Perhaps a hybrid solution is the best bet? "Cloud" backups for user data, i.e., the stuff that's really important and/or changes frequently. Gets you up-to-the-hour backups of everything important, and easy selective restores. Occasional images of the entire system to an external hard disk. Gets you the ability to restore a system quickly in the event of dire disasters; then the "cloud" can restore the rest. I'm not sure how to go about managing the system images. Are end-users responsible for their own system administration? And if the answer is "yes", does that mean really responsible, i.e., they'll be fired if they do it wrong, or do you mean they're the ones doing it but they're not responsible? :) -- Ben
