On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Scott Raley <sra...@itc-llc.com> wrote: > I am sure this has been addressed before but i'm getting hit up more > and more on how clients can get their data backed up off-site. They > are tired of doing the usb drive swap or making sure a tape is taken > with them. Most of them have a 3megx768 dsl or cable connection.. a > few have 7x1 but they have gigs of data.. It doesn't have to be a full > backup.. I'm sure incremental would work but what services have you > used to do off-site backups with such low end connections?
Well, if they have a really slow connection and a very large amount (~50G) of data, you're really unlikely to find a satisfactory online solution. Even with incrementals you're going to have to start somewhere and that initial backup might be painful. The rsync to the cloud idea from Jochem is not a bad one if you find the time it takes acceptable. You can also rsync to/from alot of NAS appliances. You could drop one of those onsite or connect to it from offsite. At a certain point the cost (in time and aggravation) of dealing with this over a slow connection is greater than the cost of just upgrading the DSL connection to have a faster upspeed. Have they priced a faster connection? -Camero ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311413 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
