Mark Breen
marklbreen at gmail.com
Sat Jan 30 06:38:30 CST 2010
I should have included Janets Uranium in that list of backup options also, sorry Janet :) Mark On 30 January 2010 12:37, Mark Breen <marklbreen at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Gustav, > > Thank you very much for taking the time to write this up and let us all > know. > > Gbridge looks great, I currently have Hamachi installed in quite a few > machines now, but I will keep Gbridge in mind for my next remote link, if > for no other reason, than to try out another tool / set of tools. > > Thanks also for the intro to second copy. > > I have to install two 1 TB USB disks this week as alternating off site > backups. As the data is sensitive, I am in the process of creating 1 TG > encrypted volumes - it takes 16 hours each. > > I then have to figure out the best / simplest way to mirror one folder on > the customers Win2K3 server machine. > > Options are > > DeltaCopy > SyncToy > SecondCopy > GBridge (maybe but I do not need the remote facilities) > MS Windows Backup > > No MS Exchange and no MS SQL Serer > > The data I am backing up is approx 20 GB, so I have the storage options or > preparing - like the olden days with tapes - a daily, Friday 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, > and Monthly and Annual backup sets. This would give step back > possibilities. > > It is low budget - I want to complete 100% the task in one day including > showing the customer how it all works and that it is easy to understand and > use. > > Any thoughts anyone? > > thanks > > Mark > > > > > On 29 January 2010 16:54, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> Sadly, we had to give up on DeltaCopy and rsync. This is just not a >> combo for Windows machines with a WAN in between - to many protocol sync >> errors, troubles with security settings on folders, and an installation >> and configuration task that takes a top notch techie _days_ for tweaking >> and testing. It just doesn't pay off. >> >> HOWever, we found a small gem, Gbridge: >> >> http://www.gbridge.com/ >> >> This is a unique combo of VPN connection with authentication via your >> Google account, a backup program, a folder sync, a secure web interface >> to your file store, remote control (with a little help from VNC), and >> extensive logging - at zero cost. The only feature missing is some >> method to e-mail a summarized report of the happenings. >> >> You can connect any count of machines both from your intranet and >> remote invited machines, you could even build an extranet with this tiny >> tool. >> >> This we use for backing up to a remote location (my home). >> In addition we backup to a local machine using Second Copy: >> >> http://www.centered.com/ >> >> This is not free but cheap and features archiving of previous versions >> of files when updated at the main server. >> Finally the main server is backed via MySecureBackup to "the cloud" at >> Amazon. >> Everything is run an controlled from a dedicated backup station >> (actually an old laptop with an external drive). >> >> So now we have a setup for backing up the main file server: >> >> 1. Server to local backup station via Second Copy >> 2. Backup station to remote location via Gbridge >> 3. Server to the cloud via MySecureBackup >> >> This forms a 2½ way backup setup (2. will fail if 1. fails) which is >> satisfactory as a 2 way system is minimum in case one system should >> fail. >> If you change the main server (NetWare at the moment) to a Windows >> Server, Gbridge could run on that and you had a 3 way setup. >> Of course, the backup station represents a single point of possible >> failure but for operation only, not for storage. If that is a concern, >> the operations of this machine could be split onto two machines or even >> three. >> Further, with a Windows Server you could activate its default shadow >> copying backup for a fourth backup system suited for a system recovery >> where the above backup setup is for file backup only. >> >> /gustav >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > >