[BackupPC-users] OT: Thoughts for "push" backup

Hello!

I've been asked to consider implementing a push-style backup for roaming users: users that are out of the office and irregularly connected to the Internet. We would like to be able to back up the profile of such users. We would like to avoid cloud-based services due to privacy concerns: we would like to control the data. That eliminates things such as Carbonite.

I have thought about dirty hacks such as scripting an rsync on the client to a centralized rsync server (and then using BackupPC to, say, hourly back up that server), but it's a pretty dirty hack... I'm hoping for something a little more... polished (at least). We would also like to avoid having to establish a VPN for such a solution.

Does anyone have any experience with such a tool where computers in random locations can connect to an in-house server to back up files automatically?

Thank you , and I apologize for the OT nature, but I figure my fellow BackupPC users might have some suggestions! (At least I'm not asking how to back up the pool... ;) )

Timothy J. Massey


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