glasstree
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What's the best software for offsite backup solutions?
Hello Everyone,
I'm looking to create an offsite backup solution for my own data. I was looking at services available on the internet and I think we can do this in a cost effective manner. In essence, here's my plan:
1. Install a backup server at a co-located facility. (Since we currently host all of our own servers we determined it would be best to either purchase a server and have it co-located or rent a server outside our network)
2. Install some software suite on each server we have and send the data to our co-located or rented server.
3. We would need this process to be automatic and update data daily. Even possible update data incremetially throughout the day.
We are looking for the best cost solution available as well as the best solution to keep our data safe. We are currently backing data up locally via a server offline and tape backups but we feel we need to take our backup solution to the next level and do this offsite for disaster recovery solutions.
Thanks,
Marcus
I'm looking to create an offsite backup solution for my own data. I was looking at services available on the internet and I think we can do this in a cost effective manner. In essence, here's my plan:
1. Install a backup server at a co-located facility. (Since we currently host all of our own servers we determined it would be best to either purchase a server and have it co-located or rent a server outside our network)
2. Install some software suite on each server we have and send the data to our co-located or rented server.
3. We would need this process to be automatic and update data daily. Even possible update data incremetially throughout the day.
We are looking for the best cost solution available as well as the best solution to keep our data safe. We are currently backing data up locally via a server offline and tape backups but we feel we need to take our backup solution to the next level and do this offsite for disaster recovery solutions.
Thanks,
Marcus
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anyway..
Have you thought about using a tape or external drive backup solution? at the end of each day you could take the tape offsite and store it somewhere (home office etc etc)
anyway..
Have you thought about using a tape or external drive backup solution? at the end of each day you could take the tape offsite and store it somewhere (home office etc etc)
ASKER
Hi Drauch,
Thanks for the reply. yes, we currently use a tape backup system which we run daily. In essence it requires three tapes and runs from morning until nite just to backup. We do remove the tapes offsite at night.
We were looking for additional piece of mind by creating some backup system that can send incremental data securely to a server (storeage only) offsite. Just in case the tape failed or the tape drive failed. Looking for some additional assurance to build a better disaster recovery system.
Thanks for your input.
Currently I have found an inexpensive piece of software that utilizes the FTP channel, however, I'm not certain it's secure enough for me. It does do incremental backups however.
Thanks,
Marcus
Thanks for the reply. yes, we currently use a tape backup system which we run daily. In essence it requires three tapes and runs from morning until nite just to backup. We do remove the tapes offsite at night.
We were looking for additional piece of mind by creating some backup system that can send incremental data securely to a server (storeage only) offsite. Just in case the tape failed or the tape drive failed. Looking for some additional assurance to build a better disaster recovery system.
Thanks for your input.
Currently I have found an inexpensive piece of software that utilizes the FTP channel, however, I'm not certain it's secure enough for me. It does do incremental backups however.
Thanks,
Marcus
you could just get a NAS and use current connection or get a seperate dsl/T1 connection to store it offsite and tunnel via VPN, and backup! would be nice to have it at home and get the work to pay for T1 =)
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MRrepair202z,
A VPN is probably the most secure way to do it... If I had a broadband connection at home with a static IP that would probably do the trick. Do you agree?
Marcus
A VPN is probably the most secure way to do it... If I had a broadband connection at home with a static IP that would probably do the trick. Do you agree?
Marcus
good idea mrrepair!
That should be fine glasstree. Make sure you get the download speed of whatever broadband connection you get to match or be higher than the upload speed you have at work. This will be most efficient. (Ie.. you upload the data from work but download the data offsite.)
Anyway. A VPN connection is a good idea to secure the data; A PPTP vpn connection provides reasonable security but a L2TP vpn which uses certificate based authentication / encryption is much more secure. The problem with L2TP is its much more difficult to setup and configure...
That should be fine glasstree. Make sure you get the download speed of whatever broadband connection you get to match or be higher than the upload speed you have at work. This will be most efficient. (Ie.. you upload the data from work but download the data offsite.)
Anyway. A VPN connection is a good idea to secure the data; A PPTP vpn connection provides reasonable security but a L2TP vpn which uses certificate based authentication / encryption is much more secure. The problem with L2TP is its much more difficult to setup and configure...
i think it would be a decent off site idea with the lowest cost except for your data line at home which i guess you would be paying in charges by another company to handle your secure data + whatever other charges they would tack on.
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