Re: [Bacula-users] Using Bittorrent as Backup Technology

2010-02-08 Thread Josh Fisher
On 2/7/2010 10:29 PM, mehma sarja wrote: Thanks to both of you for your thoughts. I am actually looking for anyone who has tried it or someone who has thought about trying it and dropped the idea. I understand 10 instances is very small - but I am not contemplating huge files either. Is

Re: [Bacula-users] Using Bittorrent as Backup Technology

2010-02-07 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear mehma sarja, In message ec5d34681002061636p308947abre20a0b3887454...@mail.gmail.com you wrote: PROBLEM I am trying to solve off-site, on-disk backup problem in the Bay Area which is prone to earthquakes. QUESTION Is anyone out there using bittorrent as a backup tool? Hm... have you

Re: [Bacula-users] Using Bittorrent as Backup Technology

2010-02-07 Thread mehma sarja
Thanks to both of you for your thoughts. I am actually looking for anyone who has tried it or someone who has thought about trying it and dropped the idea. I understand 10 instances is very small - but I am not contemplating huge files either. Is the transfer latency something like

[Bacula-users] Using Bittorrent as Backup Technology

2010-02-06 Thread mehma sarja
My question may or may not be appropriate for this forum, so sorry beforehand if I am intruding. PROBLEM I am trying to solve off-site, on-disk backup problem in the Bay Area which is prone to earthquakes. QUESTION Is anyone out there using bittorrent as a backup tool? APPLICATION D-Link D323

Re: [Bacula-users] Using Bittorrent as Backup Technology

2010-02-06 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 02/06/10 19:36, mehma sarja wrote: WHY POST THIS? I am posting this message for two reasons: a) Bacula and other enterprise backup tools do not particularly like unreliable bandwidth connections and a bittorrent-like technology fills the gap. The gap is that Bacula and other tools are