Where your data lives: cloud, private cloud and on-premise
You will be able to: Explain cloud, private cloud and on-premise in plain words; State how Zeyto runs and what needs the internet; Move to a new computer without losing data or a licence seat.
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Data ownership is about who holds the database, who can reach it, and what happens when something stops. There are three common ways to run business software.
| Model | Where the database is | Who runs it | Internet needed? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud (shared service) | The provider's data centre, often shared with other customers | The provider | Always |
| Private cloud | A server dedicated to you in a data centre or region you choose | You or a partner, on rented hardware | To reach it |
| On-premise | A computer or server in your own office | You | Only for outside access |
None is automatically best. Cloud is fastest to start but needs a constant connection. On-premise keeps working when the line drops, but you must secure and back it up. Private cloud sits between them.
How Zeyto runs
- Your data lives on the Zeyto computer: your own server or a private cloud server. Other computers open Zeyto from it, and phones can connect too.
- Daily work, including invoicing, printing and backups, does not need the internet.
- The internet is used to activate or renew a licence, check for updates, send documents by WhatsApp or e-mail, and open your system from outside the shop.
- Outside access is optional. In Settings ▸ Remote & Mobile Access you can pair phones, pair a Zeyto Client PC or create an Open your system link. Users still sign in with their own user name and password, and links can be turned off.
Licence and your data
The licence decides which modules you have and how many people can be signed in at once on each kind of device. If the licence date passes, Zeyto keeps working in full for a grace period and then goes read-only: you can still view, print and export, and your data is safe and never deleted.
Moving to a new computer
- Take a backup on the old computer and copy it to a USB drive.
- Install Zeyto on the new computer and restore the backup first.
- In the customer portal, release the old device (even if the old computer is dead).
- Activate the licence on the new computer in Settings ▸ License and restart Zeyto Edge.
Doing the licence step before the restore wastes a seat, because the identity tied to the licence is stored in the data.
Practice data
Settings ▸ Data Mode switches between your live books and a separate Demo (training) database, with a banner on every screen. Demo entries never reach Live. Reset Company Data empties test transactions after a verified backup, but cannot run in Demo mode.
Try it in the demo
- Open Settings ▸ License and read License State, Expires and Seats & Limits.
- Open Settings ▸ Remote & Mobile Access and read what each option does. Do not create links on the shared demo.
- Open Settings ▸ Data Mode and see which database the system is running on.
Public demo company, sign in as admin / demoAdmin123. Data refreshes nightly.
- Cloud, private cloud and on-premise differ in where the database sits and who runs it.
- Zeyto runs on your own server or private cloud; daily work does not need the internet.
- An expired licence makes Zeyto read-only; data is never deleted.
- To move computers: backup, restore, release, activate.
Check yourself
3 questions on this lesson. Not timed, not the exam, and you can try again. Score 60% or more, and read the lesson, to complete it.