Free remote backups server.
maumercado
Member Posts: 163
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Hello all,
Im planning an offsite backup solution for my companies data, and I was thinking on setting a NAS and a remote server with a lot of space and an open source distribution (debian maybe).
Im backing up windows bkf files, (system states, SQL express backups and data.) which means windows backups will be done with ntbackup (Hopefully Ill preserve the data properties like permissions and stuff), and also linux system files these will be copied into the NAS and then Backup the NAS to the offsite server...
The question is, where do I find information and tools used to set such thing, with little to no cost at all?, I mean open source solutions.
Thank you all for your help in pointing me to the right direction, experiences you may have are really usefull and as always suggestions are welcome.
Im planning an offsite backup solution for my companies data, and I was thinking on setting a NAS and a remote server with a lot of space and an open source distribution (debian maybe).
Im backing up windows bkf files, (system states, SQL express backups and data.) which means windows backups will be done with ntbackup (Hopefully Ill preserve the data properties like permissions and stuff), and also linux system files these will be copied into the NAS and then Backup the NAS to the offsite server...
The question is, where do I find information and tools used to set such thing, with little to no cost at all?, I mean open source solutions.
Thank you all for your help in pointing me to the right direction, experiences you may have are really usefull and as always suggestions are welcome.
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Forsaken_GA
Member Posts: 4,024
I'd just setup a linux file server, have it mount the partition your wanting to backup, and then rsync them to the local side. You will lose your ntfs metadeta, but the cost is dirt cheap -
hypnotoad
Banned Posts: 915
If you're already doing bkf files, then a simple file share should work. Ntbackup can be scripted (although it's not very friendly). If you need encryption, consider connecting the systems via OpenVPN.