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Re: [BackupPC-users] OT: Thoughts for "push" backup
2011-06-08 17:54:27
This first raises a few key questions.
What operating systems do these users run? How regularly or irregularly are
your users connected? How do they connect?cabled Internet, cellular
broadband, wireless connection and cabled Internet? How often do they come into
the office if at all?
I used BackupPC for my users who come in
and out of the office now and then. One is as rare as once a week. It seems to
discover them on the network pretty quickly.
If your users have Windows, you might try
Cobain backup. It definitely has a backup to FTP option. The only problem is
that your backups will have to be scheduled.
From: Timothy J Massey
[mailto:tmassey AT obscorp DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011
4:02 PM
To: General
list for user discussion,questions and support
Subject: [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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