"Douglas R. Probst" <doug.probst@rcn.com> wrote in message
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> "juicer" <x> wrote in message news:kq2dnRahD61a3KvfRVn-oQ@rogers.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a client that wants to have their data backed up remotely/offsite
>> rather than constantly putting a new tape in the local tape drive
> everyday.
>>
>> I was wondering if any one has any thoughts on doing this over the
> internet.
>> We have arround 4GB of data to back up each day. Incremental does not
>> work
>> since all files are updated each day so the whole 4GB must be backed up.
>>
>> If I first compress the data I can get it down to 25% of original size,
>> around 1GB. The client currently is not connected to the internet so I
>> was
>> thinking of subscribing them to something like Primus high speed (4Mb/s)
>> around $89/month and get them a static ip to use.
>>
>> I have boxes offsite that connect to the internet at 5Mb/s and I was
>> thinking of using one of those to do an sftp of the data using cron
>> scheduled job at night. I figure 1GB would take around less then 1 hour..
>>
>> Any advice from fellow sysops?
> On thing that I feel is VERY VERY IMPORTANT here. SECURITY! This client
> is
> not currently attached to the internet. Do they have the ability to manage
> a
> box that is effectivly on the internet. They will need a professional
> firewall, virus software and the ability to maintain a secure server.
> What
> is the data that they want to ship across the open internet? There are
> legal issues to deal with of there is personal or customer information in
> this data. My guess would be they want to save some money buy sending the
> data off site and not buy tapes... Tapes might be cheaper in the long run!
> No, unless the data is something useless to other, and if that is the
> case,
> why back it up, I wouldn't even consider it.
>
> Doug
>
>
Doug, some good points to ponder..

I was planning to use secure ftp with public/private key and only open port
22 on the firewall. Any issues there?