Netflix went down yesterday due to power problems at Amazon’s Virginia Datacenter. This of course caused an outage for some of Amazon’s EC2 customers. (Like Netflix). This is a perfect example of why Redundancy in the cloud is important. All of my customers (some of them at EC2 Virginia) stayed up and available. How? Redundancy….
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Imagine never having to pay for a server admin
For Small, Medium, and Large Businesses Alike I don’t know if many people realize what my various amazon offerings are so I thought I would spell them out. The toughest thing to do is not just set up a server, but to set it up correctly and keep it running. By signing up with me,…
Backups. Being prepared for the restore.
Backups are something that is so important in any system that one should look carefully at not just the backup solution they are using, but the restore solution they’re going to have. Here are my recommendations and views on Backups. 1. Don’t assume that just because you bought a backup package that it just “works”…
n-Tier Architectures what they are in a nutshell
If you’re in Enterprise IT, you’re going to hear one buzz-word a lot. The buzzword? 2-tier Architecture or 3-tier architecture. I like to refer to it as n-Tier architectures. So what exactly is it and what does it mean? A Tier in an architecture is simply the number of layers of an application or system…
Redundant Application and Database Infrastructures
Most people don’t backup their databases, much less set up redundancy. It’s an important thing to consider when your application / website just cannot go down. This article discusses what it will take to set up that type of redundancy and I will be following up with a document on how to do it in…
Looking for a PBX? Consider the Cloud.
I’ve spoken of the virtues of a cloud PBX on many an occasion. The reality is for the last 8 years, I’ve been running my phone system / PBX in a cloud for many reasons. The most important is redundancy. The system has had no downtime except for when I was applying maintenance upgrades. My…
RAID and what it Means
RAID. Rapid Array of Inexpensive Disks. That’s what it means. The question is what level of RAID do you need? God knows there are plenty of different types of RAID. This post explains the different RAID levels and *hopefully, it will help you pick the right configuration for you*** Note: When in doubt, RAID 1+0…