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FileMaker Cloud & Backup Restore | Soliant Consulting

FileMaker Cloud & Backup Restore | Soliant Consulting | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it
From www.soliantconsulting.com - September 28, 2016 4:36 PM

FileMaker Cloud and Manual Backup Restore

 

By Mike Duncan


FileMaker Cloud is the new offering from FileMaker that allows you to provision a version of its database server for use with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and pay only for what you use. That means that if you only need FileMaker Server for a month, you only need to pay for a month, then take it down.

It is a great introduction to AWS and IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) as well as a great addition to the FileMaker platform.

A key advantage in using FileMaker Cloud is that it takes a lot of the complication in getting started with AWS hosting away, making it easy to set up and use.

Everything you need to get going is included in the Cloud Formation template, so there is no need to configure anything other than FileMaker Cloud.
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Backups in the Cloud with AWS | Soliant Consulting - FileMaker

Backups in the Cloud with AWS | Soliant Consulting - FileMaker | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it
From www.soliantconsulting.com - June 23, 2016 10:49 PM

We all know backups are a good thing.

 

There has been plenty written on how and why you should have a good backup strategy in place, especially for FileMaker Server.

So now you have done all that, make backups frequently and go to sleep secure in the knowledge that you are covered.

Now let us take things to the next level with secure offsite, cloud hosted backups that are redundant and replicated to other regions.

AWS S3 is a great option for low-cost storage, and is extremely scalable and secure.

Having copies of the files in S3 ensures that if something happened to your FileMaker Server, or even the EC2 instance you are running on, you could get those files back up on a new server as part of your disaster recovery plan.

 

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