Azure for Test/Backup Server

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I did... and I thought so too. Along with the normal riffraff.

 

Ernie

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Has anyone tried using Microsoft's Azure Cloud offering for a test/backup server? I'm exploring it now and it looks interesting. They allow unlimited uploads which means I could push our nightly backups there and use it as a test server. Then in the event of a catastrophic failure on the live server flip a few switches and turn the test server into a fairly powerful machine.
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Giving this one a bump. Anyone try any of the cloud services for a test server? My background is IT, so I have all the standard qualms about anything with "cloud" in its name... but from a purely technical standpoint, is there any reason NOT to look at it (security, ownership, backup, availability, and other "political" questions we can leave aside for now)?

 

Thanks,

 

Enie Lowell

Diba Industries

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Epicor has a SaaS offering so if they can't do it I don't see why you couldn't..



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I have several customers who are using Amazon’s cloud environment for testing and backup in case of major failure.

 

However, keep in mind that no version of Epicor is currently certified to run on any version of windows past 2008 R2.

 

If I remember correctly, Azure was a lot more expensive than other cloud offerings.

 

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Giving this one a bump. Anyone try any of the cloud services for a test server? My background is IT, so I have all the standard qualms about anything with "cloud" in its name... but from a purely technical standpoint, is there any reason NOT to look at it (security, ownership, backup, availability, and other "political" questions we can leave aside for now)?

 

Thanks,

 

Enie Lowell

Diba Industries




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>>cloud services for a test server
If you haven't read  it already... I liked the following article on Azure:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/11/windows_azure_public_cloud_analysis/








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that is indeed an excellent article... we all have our biases and it is rare to have someone actually mention them in a feature-length discussion such as this.

 

Thanks!

 

Ernie

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BTW...

Did you notice the reader comment section?

I thought there were some more nice bits added there by readers.