Re: Backing up a remote site over DSL
I do a remote backup sub-directories of my mothers iMac (I know, I'm such a good son, right?) via our cable-modems. It's working so well (when she remembers to leave it on...) that I'm considering a similar setup for a consulting client, a friend and my father in-law. Throw Timbuktu into the mix, and I may never have to visit any of them ever again! adam At 8:00 AM -0800 11/7/00, Phil Geller wrote: How feasible is it to backup a remote office over a DSL line? A client has a backup server at their main office and a remote site with 3 Macs. Each office has DSL. Assuming we can get through the firewalls, and get static IPs at the remote site, is it just a matter of entering the remote IPs in the Client configuration window? Has anyone tried this? Phil Geller WorkingMacs voice: 650 493-8689 fax: 650 493-8587 -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050. -- -+--+- Adam Gerstein O- | | AuctionComic.com - the ComputerBoy! Consulting Design | http:// | only site for all your [EMAIL PROTECTED] | snickersnot | your comic book needs! http://www.computerboy.com | .com | http://www.auctioncomic.com -+--+- HTML coding|CGI scripting|Site development|Graphic Design|Web Whacking -+--+- -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Backing up a remote site over DSL
How feasible is it to backup a remote office over a DSL line? A client has a backup server at their main office and a remote site with 3 Macs. Each office has DSL. Assuming we can get through the firewalls, and get static IPs at the remote site, is it just a matter of entering the remote IPs in the Client configuration window? Has anyone tried this? Phil Geller WorkingMacs voice: 650 493-8689 fax: 650 493-8587 -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
RE: Backing up a remote site over DSL
How feasible is it to backup a remote office over a DSL line? A client has a backup server at their main office and a remote site with 3 Macs. Each office has DSL. Assuming we can get through the firewalls, and get static IPs at the remote site, is it just a matter of entering the remote IPs in the Client configuration window? Has anyone tried this? I do it, but it's slow. I think the best way to accomplish the task would be to do a duplicate from the source drive to a local drive, and then back up the local drive. Craig -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: Backing up a remote site over DSL
On 11/7/00 8:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] thus spake: How feasible is it to backup a remote office over a DSL line? A client has a backup server at their main office and a remote site with 3 Macs. Each office has DSL. Assuming we can get through the firewalls, and get static IPs at the remote site, is it just a matter of entering the remote IPs in the Client configuration window? Has anyone tried this? We've got a remote side w/3 NT machines on a PacBell Enhanced DSL. We've also got a VPN setup between them, so of the 5 static IPs that PacBell gives us we only use one for the firewall. All network traffic goes over the VPN, and through the firewall to the NAT'd addresses on the other side. We have Retrospect setup for Documents only, and it works quite nicely. Our home office is on T1 but that doesn't make a difference, the upbound DSL is 128, that's our limitation. Retro config is, as you mention, a simple matter of entering the IPs, done deal. System's been working fine for several months now. While there isn't much bandwidth, backing up only documents, and having only 3 clients, results in acceptable speed. Of course, if your remote office is creating multi-meg photoshop files, all bets are off... ;-) Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Linux Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Linux Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, [EMAIL PROTECTED] */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy* Imagine." http://www.hintz.org -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
RE: Backing up a remote site over DSL
On 11/7/00 3:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] thus spake: (BTW -- if it were me with three computers, I would probably put a tape drive on one of the computers and have the reports sent to me via email so I could monitor the status of the backups. I just do this with one computer -- mine -- with a subset of the data.) Heh heh-try walking one of MY end users through dealing with tapes and such... It gives me a raging headache just thinking about it... ;-) Since they're about 400 miles away, having full remote access through VPN is *much* nicer(got TB2 on 'em as well, which rocks). As I said, by backing up *only* documents, we keep the bandwidth within an acceptable level for nighttime use. As for the OS, if the unit completely dies we'll just fedex a clean one to 'em-after restoring their files from the local backup set... As a result, I too never do a full backup over the DSL-which I concede would be akin to madness... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Linux Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Linux Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, [EMAIL PROTECTED] */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy* Imagine." http://www.hintz.org -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
