On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Dominic <[email protected]> wrote: > Greg Freemyer wrote: > > I use rdiff-backup to a local encfs directory. Then I do a rsync of > the encrypted version of the encfs directory to a third party > location. > > It is working fine so far. Admittedly my only restores from the > remote site have been tests. ie. It is for disaster recovery purposes > only. I use the local rdiff-backup copy for normal data recovery > needs. > > That sounds clever. But I don't understand why it is not secure to use encfs > directly on the third party remote server (assuming that it is available of > course)? Something like this (sorry this is from a Windows client hence use > of plink and unusual escapes): >
Ignoring security, there is also a bandwidth issue. I'm backing up about 300GB across a T-1. Not very active, so I'm sending less that a GB per night most times. A T-1 basically does about .5 GB/hr., so the nightly activity is no big deal. But 600 hrs to backup / restore the entire 300GB dataset is not very practical for routine use. ie. a few weeks to do the restore. So I treat that as a true disaster recovery backup (fire / natural disaster / etc.). If I were to lose my production raid array, I would restore from the local backup. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
