Re: [rdiff-backup-users] offsite service providers?

[mike]

Well.. you could use GMail, but you're limited to 2GB.


> The technology is not an issue.  Just trying to avoid putting the
> offsite backup in my house.  I'd prefer it be in a data center
> somewhere.
>
> Given the proliferation of linux virtual servers I was hoping I could
> find a low-cost provider that could do 200+ GB.  ie.  We currently use
> slicehost.com for a virtual server, but they don't support much in the
> way of disk capacity.
>
> Greg
>
> On 3/14/07, Yen-Kwoon Hun <address@hidden> wrote:
>> You could use rdiff-backup to roll your own remote backup server. Just
>> need
>> to setup passwordless ssh login. Google rdiff-backup and remote backup.
>>
>> There are some security considerations but if you do a client push
>> instead
>> of a server pull, you should be fine.
>>
>> This is what I'd been doing for our company. We have both a local and
>> remote
>> backup copies of important data.
>>
>> - Yen Kwoon
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Greg Freemyer [mailto:address@hidden
>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 9:51 AM
>> > To: address@hidden
>> > Subject: [rdiff-backup-users] offsite service providers?
>> >
>> > All,
>> >
>> > I've been using rdiff-backup internally for a while, but now we want
>> > to ensure the data is really getting offsite.
>> >
>> > I know there are a bunch of linux virtual server providers out there
>> > that could easily be configured to be a rdiff-backup server.
>> >
>> > Is anyone doing this?
>> >
>> > Or know of another cost-effective way to get 200-500 GB of offsite
>> > storage for rdiff backups?  (I tend to have very small delta's so I'm
>> > won't need much bandwidth after the initial pass.)
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Greg
>> > --
>> > Greg Freemyer
>> > The Norcross Group
>> > Forensics for the 21st Century
>> >
>> >
>>
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>
>
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> Greg Freemyer
> The Norcross Group
> Forensics for the 21st Century
>
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