We at VCU (Richmond, VA) have a "campus" at Doha, Qatar  (approximate
distance is 7K miles.

We are discussing the viability/possibility of having TSM clients in Qatar
backing up to our TSM servers, here in Richmond!

Is this possible?  Feasible?

What are the implication of such a long distance backup?

Anybody else doing this kinda thing?

I gather we would probably need to do things like encryption (who knows
how many countries/routers the link would go through) as well as CRC
checking!

I also question the legality/licensing/export issue?

Thoughts?  Ideas?  Suggestions?  War-Stories?