On 9-Jul-08, at 11:47 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > The nicest alternative is to set up a VPN connection that tunnels/ > routes > between the office and remote subnets so everything works the same > as a > local connection. If you can't arrange that, you can set up openvpn > connections to each backup target or tunnel the rsyncd connection > through ssh port forwarding.
Well I am thinking of a dedicated OpenVPN connection between my lan and my data center. How do people find the backup times over an encrypted channel like that? For my office I have a 10 mb full duplex fiber connection, but I realize that is all relevant to many variables. My other thought was to maybe install backuppc on a local server, then just rsync off to a remote server periodically. I am trying to figure out what would be best to balance backup loads, network traffic, and ease of use to the end user. Currently I have a little local running program on each workstation that has a predefined backup job to my samba server, then I just rsync that off site. But I wanted to look at backup PC due to the efficient way it stores data with the hardlinks, and giving the end user the ability to restore themselves. Dustin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
