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






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