>>"What about the reliability aspect, how many of you have measures in place for:
- electrical power failure (UPS)"
So far, I have not experienced any power failure or black out that blew me away... "knock on wood..." But a UPS power block is definitely on my "to buy list".
" - data backup (i.e. tape or disk imaging)"
Just bought the Drive Image 4.0 (by PowerQuest) recently. Already made an image of my Windows 2000 system. Thanks to this board who brought it to my attention.
" - multiple / redundant high-speed internet service providers (ISP's) which use ethernet-based connections such as cable or DSL."
Unfortunately, my house is too far away from the nearest service center, so I couldn't get DSL (to my dismay!). Next, I called the cable company and they told me that they do not have internet capability in my area yet! So, you can see how thin a line I'm walking on relying on my trusty analog phone line. "Good grief, I couldn't even get 56K modem speed! The most I could get is about 46K modem speed."
But again, so far, my trusty AOL access give me no problem so far. In case AOL got shut down, I still have my free Netzero account to rely on... "Heck, I will welcome those advertising window if Netzero allows me the opportunity to go back to the internet if AOL failed for whatever reason."
As to Linux based internet solution... I don't have a slightest clue... If my trading softwares are compatible with Linux OS, I will have no problem migrating over to it. But unfortunately, not all my trading softwares work on Linux. So, no Linux for me. :-(
But you raised a lot of important issues!
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