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Business Continuity Remote Working Solutions

11th April 2020 By Paul Marsh

In March 2020 most businesses immediately employed a Remote Working Business Continuity policy for the majority of their staff as a reaction to the Coronavirus COVID19 dictate from the U.K Government. Business Continuity Solutions Southampton

The Remote Working and Business Shut Down Advice was implemented to slow the spread of the Coronavirus COVD19 and allow the NHS to manage the disease without overwhelming the NHS with lots of sick and dying patients

A large number of businesses already had in place for some time, some kind of Remote Working Business Continuity Solution for key members of staff, so were familiar with the framework for Remote Working and Business Continuity Solutions Southampton

Although no business had ever conceived prior to this, that all of their staff might have to work remotely in a business continuity scenario, and how their business might facilitate this or manage this Business Continuity Solutions scenario. Or indeed if this remote working business continuity plan could work for their business

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What kind of Remote Working Business Continuity Systems do other business have

There are many different industry types over wide range of different business styles we look after and each business has their own market niche and business priorities, although there are certain common I.T system elements that will make your Business Continuity more robust and more able to survive a remote working business continuity event

Broadband Internet

A good office Internet connection will often be one of the primary deciding factors on whether your staff can work from home or whether it will only support a very small number of staff concurrently connected remotely

There are generally a wide range of business Internet connectivity options available, no matter where your business is situated and physically located, and it is unlikely unless you are a small business with a small number of remote workers that a ordinary fibre broadband connection will be sufficient

Broadband upgrades or indeed new broadband connections rarely can be immediately implemented and made operational immediately due to the number of third parties involved in getting a new connection to your business premises. Therefore, it is paramount that this key element of your business is operational long before you have a business continuity requirement

Flexible Phone System

Most modern office business telephone systems are VoIP based, meaning that they are generally quite flexible, and traffic for the VoIP phone system will transmit across computer networks and the internet, rather than just the traditional PSTN or ISDN fixed phone line telephone networks

Often a modern business telephone system is likely to be hosted on the internet, which means you can usually take your desk phone home with you and it will still work

Although there are generally some additional considerations to look into, for example, who is your broadband provider at home, do they allow VoIP traffic, and indeed is your home internet connection quick enough for VoIP telephone calls. Also don't underestimate what impact your family can have whilst all trying to share your home internet connection.

If you have a modern VoIP office telephone system, then you are in a good place to maintain some sort of business continuity plan

VPNs

A Virtual Private Network will allow your staff to securely connect to your office through an encrypted and secure tunnel from their remote computer to enable Remote Working

Firewalls and VPNs are not natively secure 'out of the box' and are only deemed secure if properly setup, so if your VPN security hasn't been checked, get your IT Service Provider to ensure you are setup to use the latest encryption standards and both your Firewall and VPN Software is up to date

Remote Desktop Servers

Often businesses have Data and IT Systems that Remote Working Staff need to access whilst they are working remotely to remain productive and effective

A VPN is only really suited to accessing a small number of small documents across your VPN on an occasional basis, it is not suited to running software packages remotely over a VPN. This is because the nature of a VPN means it has a number of technical properties which are not the same as a Wired Network in the same office.

Your wired network connection in the Office would typically running at a Gigabit or 1000mb speed, a Remote VPN connection will only generally connect at the highest Upload Speed of the Broadband Connections in question. We have found people's home broadband connection speeds are likely to be somewhere between 1mb and 15mb which is very much considerably slower than a Wired LAN Connection

In addition, the nature of the internet means that it is a transient medium, which means that there is no guarantee that packets of information sent are guaranteed to reach their destination or indeed in a timely manner.

So, for example, if you are trying to run an Accounts Package Remotely over as VPN, it will likely be terribly slow, if indeed it does load, and you are likely to corrupt your Accounts Data. For example Sage Accounts stipulate a Gigabit network connection on a wired connection (definitely not wireless or Wi-FI), this data throughput simply wont be achieved on 'just a VPN connection'

If you have a number of Staff working Remotely and they all need Concurrent Access to the Office IT Network and Software Systems then we would usually recommend a Remote Desktop Server

A Remote Desktop Server will typically be an Extension of your Windows Desktop, it would be loaded with all of the usual Business Applications as well as Word, Excel, Outlook for example, and allow for multiple users to connect into the Business IT Systems Remotely and access Data and IT Systems as though they were actually in the office. Business Continuity Solutions.

Cloud Based Email Systems

There are generally two types of business email systems available, either an internal email system hosted within your office building or a Cloud based Email System hosted in the Cloud

Most business would typically use Outlook as their Email Client Software, and this would generally be connected to a Microsoft Exchange back end, either hosted locally within the business premises or hosted in the cloud

There are certain advantages to hosting your email in the Cloud where the number of staff working remotely or outside the business office than there is physically within the office.

An often misconception is that Cloud based email systems are more immune to I.T outages than compared to a internally hosted email system within your building, this is simply not true, all email hosting provider each have their own I.T challenges.

Hosting your email in the cloud would ensure that your office internet connection is not swamped with lots of remote working users trying to access internal email resources.

Branded Emails

With a lot of staff working remotely from their own computers, mobiles and tablets, it is very unlikely outbound emails will be sent in a consistent manner with the correct Email Footer information

Email footer information should be consistent and in the very least contain information about your Company, the person sending the email, and an legal email disclaimer. UK Companies House also insist your Company Number is also displayed on each email

Collaboration Tools

One of the major problems of remote working staff is that often internal communications can be poor and disjointed when compared to everyone working from the same office.

Additionally for a large number of employees, working remotely can suddenly become a lonely place where they have previously been used to working from a busy office in a team environment

There are many Team Collaboration tools available including Microsoft Teams, Skype, Zoom, FaceTime, WhatsApp, FaceBook Messenger and many many more

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Our Prediction of the Future

We think this Coronavirus COVID19 business disruption has enabled businesses to see that a lot of their employees can work seamlessly and productively, working remotely or working from home.

With the advice above, you could utilise this information to steer your businesses IT systems towards a better, and more robust model with features for remote working business continuity solution

This in itself is likely to see businesses scrutinising their current office space and making hard decisions on whether there is a need to expand office floor space or extend their physical office space

More widespread Remote Working or Hot Desk-ing may well become the new business norm, or indeed may see some business types no longer have a physical office presence

And those businesses wanting to attract quality staff may well offer some employees a better work-life balance by allowing some remote working

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USB 2.0 vs USB 3.0 Transfer Speeds

7th February 2019 By Paul Marsh

Introducing USB3.0

USB 2.0 vs USB 3.0 Transfer Speeds

Since around 2005, USB2.0 has been the dominant standard for connecting external devices such as hard disks, tape drives, digital cameras, memory sticks, wireless cards etc.

If you have connected any external device to a computer over the last 10 years, the chances are that you will have used USB2.0

USB 2.0 vs USB3.0
USB 2.0 vs USB3.0

More recently, USB 3.0 has begun to emerge. Any newly purchased computer will likely have USB3.0 ports.

USB2.0 versus USB3.0 Transfer Speeds

The main improvement is transfer speed: USB2.0 has a maximum speed of 480 mbps (megabits per second)

Whereas USB3.0 is capable of a whopping 5 Gbits/s (5000 mbps), or a 10x speed increase.

This means that if it takes an hour to transfer some data to a USB2.0 device, it could take as little as 6 minutes using a USB3.0 device.

This means that copying data to an External Hard Drive, Digital Camera, Printing a large Document, accessing USB Memory Sticks are instantly up to 10 times quicker!

So if you have a large amount of Data, it will be noticeably quicker, although if only a small amount of data to copy, then you might not necessarily seen much apparent difference

As with previous versions, USB3.0 is fully backwards compatible, therefore any USB2.0 device will work when plugged into USB3.0 ports. USB 2.0 vs USB 3.0

Another major advantage is that USB3.0 devices will work with USB2.0 ports, though obviously at a decreased transfer speed. Therefore, it will not be necessary to replace computers, or add an expansion card, just to use these new devices. USB 2.0 vs USB 3.0

Be aware that when using a USB 3 device and plugging it into a USB 2 port, it will not operate at the maximum potential speed and will instead operate at the ports speed, this being USB 2 speed. The same applies for USB 1.1

If your computer doesn't have on on-board USB 3.0 ports, you are likely able to install a USB plug-in card if you have a compatible internal slot within your computer. USB 2.0 vs USB 3.0

Would you like to Read our Article on comparing USB 1.0 and USB 2.0?

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Hard Disk – Legacy vs Hybrid vs SSD

7th January 2019 By Admin

Hard Disk - Legacy vs Hybrid vs SSD

The Hard Drive inside a computer is the device that hold all the files and data that make your operating system run, as well as holding all of your personal documents, photos, music, videos and other files. Hard Disk - Legacy vs Hybrid vs SSD.

They commonly look like a solid rectangular lump of metal from the outside, but inside of the average Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is a complex setup of magnets, spinning disks and an extremely precise actuator arm and head. Hard Disk Comparison - Legacy vs. Hybrid vs. SSD

The traditional Hard Disk works by using one or more fast spinning (typically between 5400 and 10,000 rpm) magnetically coated platters.

A head on the end of an actuator arm skims above these platters by a miniscule amount. Typically between 3 and 100 nanometres, or a distance 800 times smaller than the width of the average human hair.

The head reads and changes the polarity of blocks on the magnetic coating in order to store data in tracks across the disk as it spins. The time it takes for the head to move to the correct track on the disk to read or write is known as seek time, and in the common desktop Hard Disk, will take around 9ms.

 

Everything is Stored Magnetically

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Hard Disk comparison - Legacy vs. Hybrid vs. SSD

Because everything is done magnetically, the data is still stored even after power is taken away from the drive.

 

Unfortunately, due to the precise and delicate nature of standard Hard Disk Drives, they are all prone to failure at some point and it is inevitable.

 

Precisely when a drive is going to fail is unpredictable and with storage sizes of the drives being so large (Upwards of 8TB in some cases), often a lot of data can be lost within the blink of an eye.

Backing up data is always a good idea, even if the drive is very new, and can save a lot of frustration and anger when it does stop working.

 

Despite this however, traditional hard disks are still used in many computers from new as they offer a cheap method of storage. A 500GB drive can be purchased for as little as £35 and most low-end consumer machines will use this type of drive, though they are slowly being phased out in preference of SSD’s.

 

Drives with this sort of storage capacity are often shipped inside of newly bought mid-range computers, and with higher end computers commonly having 1TB and up sized drives.

 

Solid State Drives

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Hard Disk comparison - Legacy vs. Hybrid vs. SSD

Solid State Drives (SSD) are becoming the normal storage type found in mid-range machines and are widely consider to be a better option than a traditional hard disk.

Advantages of Solid State Drives include no moving parts, completely silent operation, fast performance, cooler operation and better durability.

Solid state drives work in a similar way to a USB memory stick or the inbuilt storage in your mobile phone, where the data is stored on a chip as opposed to a spinning disk.

Because there are no moving parts to wait for, the operation speed of a Solid State Drive is often extremely quick when compared to its Hard Disk predecessor and are a worthwhile upgrade to any machine that will provide a noticeable speed increase.

 

 

Solid State Drive Disadvantages

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Hard Disk comparison - Legacy vs. Hybrid vs. SSD

Solid State Drives do have their downsides however, one of these is that should a Solid State drive fail, then it will normally fail suddenly with no prior warning like a traditional hard disk.

A traditional hard disk drive often may continue to work long enough after warning of a failure for you to back up any data before it fails completely. Hard Disk - Legacy vs Hybrid vs SSD

Solid State drives are a little more expensive per GB of storage, the extra cost is well justified.

If you buy a 500GB Solid State Drive, currently you would be looking at spending around £50 as opposed to £40 for the traditional hard disk counterpart. The performance difference between the two drives would be immediately noticeable, with the computer starting up far faster, applications loading quicker and files opening in an instant. Hard Disk Legacy vs Hybrid vs. SSD

 

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Hard Disk comparison - Legacy vs. Hybrid vs. SSD

Hybrid Drives

Hybrid Drives, or SSHD’s are also an option, though the market and choice for them is small.

They are designed to introduce some of the speed advantages of a Solid State Drive with the capacity advantages of a traditional Hard Disk Drive.

An SSHD will typically have around 8GB of SSD storage in it which it uses to intelligently cache the most commonly used and accessed files on the system. Hard Disk Comparison - Legacy vs. Hybrid vs. SSD

In most cases this will be the operating system boot files, meaning that the computer will start up faster, but may not load programs, games or files any quicker than a normal Hard Disk Hard Disk Legacy vs Hybrid vs. SSD.

Hybrid drives are largely redundant now, as the cost of SSDs is considerably less than when the Hybrid Drives were first released to fill a gap in the market.

 

NVMe SSD Drives

Finally, the most recent introduction to the storage market is NVMe SSD drives.

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Hard Disk comparison - Legacy vs. Hybrid vs. SSD

This is a step up again from the usual SATA connection SSD drives. Whilst a normal SATA SSD is no slouch, NVMe SSDs take the performance a step further, with both seek time and read/write speeds being considerably quicker.

This type of SSD looks a bit more like a RAM stick than a drive shaped like you might be used to. This is because it connects via an M.2 connector directly onto the motherboard, rather than by two cables and being held in a bay on the other side of the case.

If you are looking at upgrading to an NVMe SSD, it would first be worth checking if your motherboard not only has an M.2 slot, but also that it is NVMe compatible.

Alternately, you can purchase NVMe PCIe cards that will use an empty PCIe slot on the motherboard to adapt into an NVMe storage slot.

As this technology is relatively new and because of its performance advantages over everything else, it is the most pricey option available, and should probably only really be considered if you plan on using your PC for a heavily intensive workload where there can be no compromise.

 

 

Performance Comparison

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Hard Disk comparison - Legacy vs. Hybrid vs. SSD

 

 

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Hard Drives in RAID Arrays

 

Hard drives, Hybrids and SSD can be used in RAID Arrays

Review our Article on RAID Arrays in Server Hardware

 

 

 

 

Century IT Services are based in Totton, Southampton. Hampshire and can help you with the installation or on going IT support of your computer, server and network.

We offer a broad range of IT Services covering, internet, email, anti-spam, anti-virus solutions, we are experts in virtually anything Microsoft Server based and have extensive troubleshooting skills. Hard Disk - Legacy vs Hybrid vs SSD.

If you have an ever growing list of I.T niggles or need a server, or network installed, you have come to the right place. You can contact us on Tel. 023 80 070101 or email us at sales@century-it.co.uk for a confidential, no obligation discussion of your requirements

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SATA vs SAS what are the benefits?

23rd June 2018 By Paul Marsh

SATA VS SAS

SATA vs SAS what are the benefits?
SATA vs SAS what are the benefits?

For many, there can be a lot of confusion when comparing different types of server solutions especially when it comes down the type of hard drives that your server might come with.

A server with SATA hard drives can be considerably cheaper when compared to a server with SAS hard drives.

Especially if your server quote has multiple hard drives or has a RAID disk subsystem.

But this seemingly interchangeable terminology can make all the difference to your IT investment.

 

SATA – Serial ATA

SAS – Serial Attached SCSI

 

Serial ATA was designed to replace the older IDE (EIDE) hard drives which were commonly found in most home computer and business workstations.

SAS has evolved separately from the SCSI standard, SCSI drives have traditionally been found in server solutions.

Many server manufacturers including HP and Dell offer entry level servers with SATA drives, with the mid-range and higher end servers coming with SAS hard drives.

According to Seagate, SATA drives are designed to have the following features:-

 

  • Capacity intensive

    SATA vs SAS what are the benefits?
    SATA vs SAS what are the benefits?
  • SATA vs SAS what are the benefits?
  • Low availability
  • Sequential reads
  • Seek time 9.5ms
  • Designed to be on 8 Hours a day, 5 days a week

 

Seagate SAS drives are designed for:-

  • Performance Intensive
  • High Availability
  • Random Reads
  • Seek time of 3.5 ms (15k rpm), 3.9 ms (10k rpm)
  • Designed to be on 24 hours per day, 7 days per week

 

From a computer support or network support point of view, many SAS drive solutions also include ‘hot swap’ options.

Which basically means that for many RAID solutions, you can simply replace a failed drive for a replacement without rebooting or interrupting the server or users.

 

What does all this mean?

Basically if you want good server performance and you don’t want disk I/O bottlenecks and prefer longevity over small price difference, always choose SAS over SATA.

If your requirements are for a small server in a very small office and are not worried about server performance and the larger capacity, cheaper SATA drives appeals to you then choose SATA.

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Seagate SAS VS SATA

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Prince Edwards 50th Birthday at Minstead

27th June 2014 By Paul Marsh

Prince Edward Earl of Wessex greeting staff and guests at Minstead upon arrival at Minstead for Prince Edwards 50th Birthday celebration

 

https://www.royal.uk/the-earl-of-wessex

 

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Prince Edwards 50th Birthday

 

Prince Edward The Earl of Wessex leaving Minstead Trust, New Forest

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Minstead Training Project IT Modernisation

11th October 2009 By Paul Marsh

 

Southampton based Century IT Services have recently helped The Minstead Training Project charity with a computer network installation and modernisation program which was success fully completed a few weeks ago

The computer network project involved Century IT Services getting involved at the very beginning to understand Minstead’s needs and provide advice on IT systems

Paul Marsh of Century IT Services says “we were more than happy to help out after being approached by The Minstead Training Project.

We initially helped by providing IT Consultancy Services, specifying a Computer System that would meet Minstead Training Project’s needs and importantly meeting modern legislation

Mintead Training Project Charity | IT Modernisation
Rick Burt, Martin Lenaerts, Darren Robertson, Roy Baker, Paul Marsh

 

This included modernising and improving existing systems whilst also employing new systems, software and securities measures as well as a secure remote and mobile working solution.

As with any IT project, it was important that the modernisation was completed on time and to budget with minimal disruption to day to day operations as Minstead’s operations are a 24/7, 365 days a year service.”

 

“We are very satisfied with our IT System provided by Century IT Services and it actually goes beyond meeting our original
requirements, is easy to administer and having received excellent training, again provided by Century IT Services. The benefits of the new system are being utilised by staff and students already – a great result!”
Roy Baker, Finance Director at Minstead

 

The Minstead Training Project charity was founded in 1986 is situated in the New Forest (Hampshire), in the picturesque village of Minstead near Lyndhurst. It offers whole year round services in residential and day care and training in Work, Life and Social Skills to people who have learning disabilities.

 

Minstead Staff, Minstead Students, Century IT Services
Minstead Staff, Minstead Students, Century IT Services

 

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