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Guy,Mark, and Ron
Thanks so much for you replies. I haven't decided which one to go with but
the hurricane is now supposed to miss us so the urgency has passed and I can
take more time to make my decision.
I live in Key West, Florida and although we are 150 miles from Miami we get
our electricity and water from them, so if we have a water line break or a
power line break anywhere in the 150 mile path, we lose out. I left to go to
the grocery store last night right after I posted the message and returned
two hours later. The lines were out the door and they were already out of
water, bread, many canned goods and kitty litter. We stood in line a long
time just for some cat food and some fresh fruit. People panic and empty the
stores. Now it will be several days before the stores can restock. And we
aren't even getting the storm!
Anyway thanks for your replies. I promise I'll be better prepared next
time<g>.
John Manasco
----- Original Message -----
From: Guy Tann <grt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 11:07 PM
Subject: RE: Off site backup
> John
>
> I started with NetStore and backup in London, England to their mirrored
> sites there. I've been with them since they started. Since then, I've
> recommended them to others, like my brother, and he never received a
> response, so it appears that they are concentrating on the big guys. They
> have signed contracts with CISCO and several other worldwide companies and
> are supporting them. My guess is that they are out of the private,
> individual business.
>
> They just moved to new servers in new locations and gave us 6 months free
to
> compensate us for any trouble (which I never had, BTW). I don't remember
> when this was, as I haven't been billed in a while, so I can't even tell
you
> what I'm paying. It is cheap! That I remember. :) Something like $15 a
> quarter or so. Great support, great software, fully encrypted and they
have
> some sort of incremental backup technique that minimizes your backup size.
> Also, there is no limit to what you back up, size wise. No extra charges.
> When I back up my Metastock data every night, it basically just adds about
> 1k to each file.
>
> I've had to restore a few times, and it worked like a charm as opposed to
my
> on site tape backup, which after a period of time, I couldn't even read
the
> tape, let alone remember where the files were. They keep multiple
> generations online as well. If the restore is too large, I have the
option
> of ordering a CD-ROM, but I haven't had any problems yet.
>
> I think they are working on modifying their software, so that if you have
> Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, for example, they will note it, back
up
> your .ini files and whatever else you need that relates to your copy of
the
> software, and then be able to reload it from a master copy on their
system.
>
> Anyway, I highly recommend using an internet based facility. Mine runs
> nightly as I power down. It goes through and automatically backs
everything
> up before shutting down.
>
> Regards
>
> Guy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of John Manasco
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 4:53 PM
> To: Metastock List
> Subject: Off site backup
>
> Does anyone know of a good, preferably web based, off site data storage
> facility? I seem to remember Guy Tann doing backups to an offsite
facility.
>
> Please hurry, I have a hurricane on my doorstep.
>
> John Manasco
>
>
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