The vault, actually redundant servers with immense storage capacity accessible through the Internet, eliminates the need for appraisers to do manual back up on tape drives, Zip disks, CDs or other media. Computer files are always at risk from viruses, accidental deletion, computer malfunction and natural disaster. According to Ezell, eDomina's vault is unique in being the only backup service specifically focused on use by appraisers. Whereas other Web-accessed storage services typically allow archived files to be identified only by basics such as file name, size and date, eDomina in addition allows files to be viewed according to address, date of sale, estimated market value, map reference, legal description or file number.
Appraisers can decide by which descriptors and in what order they want files organized.
If you've always organized your files by address, you simply configure your backup so that addresses are listed first. If you're not interested in organizing by estimated market value, you customize your view so that information isn't shown. Users of the vault can arrange for backups to be made automatically on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Unscheduled backups can be made whenever an appraiser wishes. For regularly scheduled backups, the vault software automatically connects to the Internet and copies files to the vault at a time designated by the appraiser.