We are proud to announce that we have a new email server called Ada, or rather Ada.MarkAndrewSmith.net to be precise. Our plan was to have this in place by Easter, and we are a couple of weeks early. We have already assigned a brand new client to the server as of this afternoon. As Ada … Read more
Backups, backups, backups. You cannot ever have enough copies of data, preferably in a different location. It is reassuring to customers to know that we have our own off site data vault for server backups protecting customers data. All the applications and data are stored on one of these arrays, pictured, and replicated off-site. You … Read more
At this time of needing to work from home, some people are not understanding the technology of why they cannot simply connect and it all just simply work. This article will try to explain the pit falls and how we can help you… https://www.markandrewsmith.com/connectivity/
For information only Just after 12:25 today, we completely lost power to our Mucklestone site causing us to switch to our diesel generator to generate our own power until the cause could be found. This was caused by an electrician working elsewhere on the site, tripping the main site circuit breaker. He was doing loop … Read more
Do you remember last month when we purchased a diesel standby generator for our infrastructure? Well, we now have it installed in our basement with extra exhaust silencers and a large pipe for the exhaust gases to exit to the outside world. This Hyundai diesel generator is noted as being one of the quietest around, … Read more
It is my birthday today, and I always try to take the day off, and to do something nice. For example, for previous birthdays, I have been out flying, or a hill walk, or like last year, spent the afternoon roller skating, always something that I wanted to do. So, what have I done this … Read more