On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:43:44PM -0500, scurry7 wrote:
> 
> Since most on-line storage service (that I know of) do not allow me to 
> configure my own server but merely transfer data to them, do you all think it 
> would work to setup an additional backupPC server (with the same backups) and 
> mount a remote file-system (the online storage) via sshfs or something to my 
> /var/lib/backuppc directory?
> So if things went down I could re-install then re-mount the remote filesystem?
> 
> (I have a 10MB up/down connection to the Internet)
> 
> If so which protocol do you think would work best for secure transmission of 
> data?
> 
> If not why?
> 
Why not just use a full BackupPC server at your home, or the President of the 
company's home, or somewhere else secure?

I've used sshfs in the past (not for BackupPC), and I had trouble keeping it 
connected for extended periods of inactivity.

-Rob

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