Remote Servers
Advantages:
- No expensive server hardware to be purchased (in duplicate!)
- Blackbird remote servers are replicated across regional areas to optimize
data availability
- We manage hardware replacement so that downtime due to hardware failure is
practically non existant
Disadvantages:
- Initial opening of the RIS is a little slower (more noticeable is you have
a slow internet connection)
- RIS access dependent on internet access - if your internet access is down
you cannot access the RIS (note that this does not apply to images because
archive access is designed so that currents and recent priors are cached
locally). It is wise to have a different (redundant) means of accessing the
internet if you choose the remote RIS option.
We highly recommend the remote Blackbird Archive for
all clients and the remote RIS server for all clients with reasonable
connectivity to our servers in North America, Europe, Africa and
Asia.