At 02:04 PM 5/11/2002 -0400, you wrote: > I have to put together a proposal for a medical office management >application which will be used in an ASP (application service provider - >not the MS language:) model.. one of the requirements is that the >application has to be hosted in such a way that a major disaster (natural >or otherwise) in 1 location can't cause the loss of any data, and only a >small (maybe an hour) downtime for the application.
What are you going to do if that next bomb falls on your server? That seems like a pretty hefty requirement. You'd have to do consistent backups to some remote location on the other side of the world. > After the Sept. 11 tragedy, my websites had connectivity problems on >and off for a few days. We also had 24 hours of downtime when a hurricane >knocked down a bunch of telephone poles near my ISP a few years ago. > For this application, that wouldn't have been acceptable. >I have no idea how to approach it. Any ideas? Are they willing to pay for something like that? It seems like something impossible to guarantee. ( If it comes down to $10 an hour, working at Dunkin Donuts is a lot less stress : ha, ha: ) -- Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Need a Web Developer? Contact me! AIM: Reboog711 | Fax / Phone: 860-223-7946 -- My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
