Hello, fellow listers: Currently we have a 948 that is only used during the day shift, usually from 8 AM to 5 PM. This affords us a large nightly batch window and backups, etc. are not a problem. However, we will soon (by the end of 1997) be going to a 24 x 7 usage (we are installing terminals and barcoding equipment on the shop floor, as well as integrating a remote location in Texas into our system). Since we run 3 shifts a day, usually 6 days a week, the system will have to be available 24 x 7 (or at least 6). So, I am soliciting suggestions from the esteemed readership of this list for the following (and anything else I may have overlooked): 1) On-line backup solutions: What works, what doesn't, any gotcha's. 2) Image logging: We currently use it and start a new logging cycle every night after the backup. How does it fit in with #1? 3) Lights out/Door locked/No operators: We only have two people in our IS department and no operators. Any good solutions for remote notification of system problems? 4) Hot Site Backup: There might be an opportunity to install a duplicate system in the Texas facility. Are there any high availability solutions out there that will mirror the system in Ohio on the system in Texas in real-time and provide automatic switch-over of users to one system in the event of a failure on the other? There. That's not too much to ask for, is it? Oh, and by the way, I supposed to have a plan in place by the 1st of the year! Thanks in advance for any and all help. Jim Phillips Manager of Information Systems E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Therm-O-Link, Inc. Phone: (330) 527-2124 P. O. Box 285 Fax: (330) 527-2123 Garrettsville, Ohio 44231