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Customer Question: When do you decide to buy a new computer?

At Netdrafter, a US-based web development firm, we try to cycle out and replace machines every three years, as well as have an extra machine sitting around for emergency use. While the overall health of the system components is important, we’ve found that the health of the file system is the critical element in keeping our business running. (more…)

This is how Netdrafter protects data:

1. Automatic web server files backup – twice hourly, daily, and weekly. Disk filers take a “snapshot” of the entire file system. So let’s say a file is accidentally deleted – well, we can recover it. So if there is a “disk failure”, no worries – the disk can be replaced without any interruption in service. There are no extra fees for these web site back up services as it is part of our normal hosting plan.

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One of our email and online privacy tips was featured in the Spring/Summer 2007 edition of The Little Black Book for Every Busy Woman. The publication is a word of mouth resource directory with listings generated by referrals from women in the community. The Little Black Book is published quarterly and distributed free throughout the Northern Virginia and Washington, DC area.

The tip:

“To protect your online privacy, consider creating one email address for your trusted contacts, and a separate one for online use (filling out forms, posting comments, etc.) Then, if your “extra” account is getting too much spam, you can easily close it, without having to notify your trusted contacts of an address change. Also consider a separate credit card just for online use as well. If you have a fraud issue, you can quickly close the account, without having to reroute automatic or slow to clear payments. It will also help pinpoint how the fraud might have occurred.”

Submitted by:
Rachel Pastirik, Web Developer
http://www.netdrafter.com

Netdrafter is also listed in the directory as one of the referred women-owned resources. Netdrafter, LLC - a licensed, insured, and certified woman owned business.