[X4U] Off site data storage - Options?

[Robert Ameeti]

At 11:02 PM -0600, 8/9/06, Greg Chapel wrote:

>External Hard Drive space shouldn't be a problem these days. You can 
>buy a 500GB External USB Drive for roughly $250.00.
>
>Time Machine shouldn't require THAT much space.

>. Neat, but not much different than you could perform yourself with 
>good backup software, a big external drive, and a few scripts.

An external drive does not satisfy the requirement for off site 
storage for disaster recovery. The clients do not want to be 
responsible for moving multiple external disk off site with 
connection issues.

And Time Machine does not exist today.






>On Aug 9, 2006, at 10:13 PM, Robert Ameeti wrote:
>
>>I have multiple clients that if in a normal IT situation, would 
>>find themselves doing tape backups and then taking the tapes off 
>>site for disaster preparedness. These clients though would like to 
>>be lazy and just back up to some off site destination via a 
>>scheduled back up routine using their unused broadband during the 
>>night. I'm talking about backing up maybe 100 to 200 GB of data 
>>which could be handled via incremental after a full backup over a 
>>weekend. Sensible?
>>
>>What companies might offer this service?
>>
>>What equipment and software would be appropriate for me to offer 
>>the service as a destination for my clients?


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