The problem with scanning important documents is you need a good a backup system. RAID alone is not really a backup solution, ideally you want your documents stored securely in at least 2 geographically distinct locations.
I've been using a hosted system called My Efact Paperless Office ( http://www.myefact.com/ ) -- they provide the scan software and host your documents securely, and every 3 months they send you a set of encrypted DVDs containing all of your scanned files. For me, paying their fee is well worth it because I don't have time to maintain my own organizational system, handle my own backups, or maintain a server -- and I know that just keeping scanned files in a folder on my desktop PC is not reliable enough.
I've also used a number of different scanners -- in my business I work with a lot of 100 page batches that include different sizes and colors of paper; the more affordable scanners I have tried do not handle the different page sizes and colors well without a lot of manual tweaking on each batch -- then I finally got a $1000 Panasonic KV-S2026C and the difference is amazing. Now I can throw a mixed-size, mixed-color batch on top and scan it through and the brightness and contrast and page size get set automatically for each page.
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The problem with scanning important documents is you need a good a backup system. RAID alone is not really a backup solution, ideally you want your documents stored securely in at least 2 geographically distinct locations. I've been using a hosted system called My Efact Paperless Office ( http://www.myefact.com/ ) -- they provide the scan software and host your documents securely, and every 3 months they send you a set of encrypted DVDs containing all of your scanned files. For me, paying their fee is well worth it because I don't have time to maintain my own organizational system, handle my own backups, or maintain a server -- and I know that just keeping scanned files in a folder on my desktop PC is not reliable enough. I've also used a number of different scanners -- in my business I work with a lot of 100 page batches that include different sizes and colors of paper; the more affordable scanners I have tried do not handle the different page sizes and colors well without a lot of manual tweaking on each batch -- then I finally got a $1000 Panasonic KV-S2026C and the difference is amazing. Now I can throw a mixed-size, mixed-color batch on top and scan it through and the brightness and contrast and page size get set automatically for each page.
I think there are so many potential problems with traditional voting methods that it is six of one, half a dozen of the other.