Hi First of all, minimizing the amount of data that is necessary to transfer is one way to go. To do this, enable subfile backup.
Second, if you do not want backups to run at all, blocking the ports within the FW is the best way to go. Best Regards Daniel Sparrman ----------------------------------- Daniel Sparrman Exist i Stockholm AB Propellervägen 6B 183 62 TÄBY Växel: 08 - 754 98 00 Mobil: 070 - 399 27 51 Douglas Currell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2003-03-26 13:55 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Remote clients transferring GBs over WAN The organization I work for has four main establishments. Typically, someone will go "on mission" to another establishment and perform a backup of his laptop. Since his dsm.opt points to a server that that is hundreds, if not, thousands of kilometers away, this backup will be done over the WAN and not the usual LAN. Occasionally, this user might even attempt to backup 1 or 2 GBs over the WAN. This obviously causes some problems. What to do about this? Blocking the port in the firewall comes to mind but that is not a real answer. Has anybody encountered this problem and what, if anything, did you do? Thank you... ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca