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DIY remote backup via internet

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How difficult is it to set up a remote backup via the internet? I am looking to make incremental backups over the internet from a home NAS device durring the late night hours. I have 386 speed dsl at work, and comcast cable at home with routers and the ability to VPN from home already. What I would like to do is set something up that Automaticaly VPN's in and performs the backup. I expect about 200-500 mb's a day for incremental backup.

Any issues I need to be concerned of?
Is that far too much data for reasonable backups?
What hardware is needed?
Any hurdles foreseen?
 
for 200-300 MB daily, I would get a couple of 512/1GB thumb drives and use a S/W incremental backup to transfer back and forth. Much easier that way. You should be able to script and just remember to grab the thumb drive every day/every other day.
 
interesting idea, but may be too troublesome to be reliable and updated. I also want to have a complete copy of the NAS files offiste in case of fire or something, other than data corruption. For data corruption, i have a raid5 array on 4 drive bays.
 
Here is a simple way:

1. Setup the NAS with an FTP server
2. Setup the FTP server as a mapped drive using NetDrive
3. Create a script with whatever backup software you use

If you're running Windows on the NAS, just setup an FTP server using something like ioFTPD. You can get NetDrive here. I like Karen's Replicator to do backups with, although I don't think it does incremental. End result is like having the NAS on your network, only slower 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Kaido
Here is a simple way:

1. Setup the NAS with an FTP server
2. Setup the FTP server as a mapped drive using NetDrive
3. Create a script with whatever backup software you use

If you're running Windows on the NAS, just setup an FTP server using something like ioFTPD. You can get NetDrive here. I like Karen's Replicator to do backups with, although I don't think it does incremental. End result is like having the NAS on your network, only slower 🙂
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Not just slower, muuuuch slower. 🙂
 
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