On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 17:02 -0400, Timothy J Massey wrote: > 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.
No VPN is a big limitation. You really don't want your backup server to be accessible over the Internet. You might consider Deja-Dup. It backs up to cloud storage, but it uses compression and encryption when doing so. The storage provider cannot access the data. Regards, Tyler -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
