[ale] what is a good offsite back up proposal?

[James P. Kinney III]

On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 18:23 -0400, Bob Toxen wrote:
> I've developed some sophisticated scripts that use tar and ssh at the
> lowest level to do offsite backups (and, optionally, onsite backups to
> disk and/or tape).  Some of my clients have me backup to my Terabyte
> store in New Hampshire.
> 
> Optionally the backups themselves can be encrypted for added security.
> Of course, ssh encrypts the data going across the Internet.
> 
> This protects against a catastrophy in the South.  This has worked very
> well and the software has years of good performance behind it.
> 
> Some instead will backup Server A to Server B and vice versa.  One just
> must remember to schedule the full backups for different days.

And to exclude the A backup from B backup scheme and visa versa :)
> 
> Bob Toxen
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> On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 12:01:55PM -0400, Louis Zamora wrote:
> > I have to build a 2tb server using RH and I am creating full redundancy
> > on the hard drives but the customer also wants offsite backup.
> > 
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> > Currently, the customer has no good back up option on the network.
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> > Has anyone heard of a good back up solution lately (homegrown or
> > otherwise)?
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> > I am open to building a separate server if needed.
> > 
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> > Thanks,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Louie
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