On 03/11/2014 02:29 PM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> On 03/11 12:18 , Silver Salonen wrote:
>> We are already using Bacula for our servers backups and with that I
>> have extensive experience, but unfortunately the laptop/roadwarrior
>> support in there is quite limited.
> Keep in mind that BackupPC operates on a 'pull' model, where the server
> initiates the connection to the clients. This can be kludged to work with
> offsite laptops using a VPN, but it ends up being more work than buying a
> commercial product like Crashplan. I love BackupPC, and prefer it when the
> clients stay on the local network; but there are some applications for which
> it may be worthwhile for you to buy a commercial product.

Yes, this is something we'd have to plan and test for very carefully.

Using VPN would be a must anyway and my first thought on that was that 
if nmblookup would work over VPN, it would be enough. Needs more 
research and testing though :)

--
Silver

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