Anyone who has tried to find a local data center for collocation, hosting or other services knows that it is not always easy. An easy to use and navigate website, datacentermap.com makes that search easier. And, because users can update their database, new centers can easily be added as they go live. Here are the [...]

Backing up customer data both internally and off site is really the only way to fully mitigate potential disaster.

Early in the morning on Friday, May 23, 2008 power was lost at the HostDime data center that houses Wright PC Consulting, LLC’s leased server. While, that is not that big of a deal, there are both UPS and a Generator for such occasions, what followed is. Here is what happened and what is being done to prevent such future failures.

Losing my server had me reviewing my need for a server all together. However, after a couple of weeks the final result is one less computer running and using energy and I have my data where I need it as before.

In my post a few months ago I discussed the online backup solution that I recommend to my clients, Mozy. EMC, Mozy’s parent company has recently introduced their enterprise level solution, Mozy Enterprise for those organizations with enterprise level needs. While I’ve not tried it nor do any of my clients use it, the features [...]