I came across an article in the symposium archives which discussed long
distanced backups, though it might have been only a couple of thousand
miles.. I'll see if I can find it when I get some time.

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Matthew Large
TSM Consultant
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Sent: 18 March 2008 20:00
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Looooooooooong distance backups

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?

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