Re: Off-site backup

From: Richard (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/03/04 

Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 17:54:11 -0700

>-----Original Message-----
>Richard wrote:
>> I have a small office network with 12 PCs interconnected
>> via a hub. One PC is running Windows Server 2003
>> Enterprise edition, has a RAID 1 (mirrored) drive
>> configuration, and serves as the file server. I want to
>> set this machine up to run a scheduled backup to a
machine
>> that is off-site over the internet connection. I can get
>> it to perform a scheduled backup, but only to its own
hard
>> drives or one of the other networked PCs. Can someone
help
>> me set up the off-site PC (Win 2000 OS)so that it
appears
>> on the network places available to receive a backup?
>
>Not a good plan for server backups. Don't know what your
data footprint is,
>or what your bandwidth is, but I wouldn't recommend
this... What about tape?
>Or one of the many online backup services? Or both?
>
>
Thanks so much for taking the time to consider my querry.
The amoutnt of data to be backed up is around 4 Gigs; the
connection is standard ADSL. Time to back up is secondary
since the sole purpose of the off-site machine is for the
backup. The plan is to backup each day's data in a
separate folder (e.g.: Mon, Tue etc.).
Not to fond of tape and would like to avoid the cost of on-
line service.
To map a drive to the remote PC, do I just use the IP
address revealed from ipconfig? What if it is in a
wireless network? Do I need to be concerned about opening
up a port? I'm afraid I know just enough to be dangerous
in thes areas so please don't feel you'll be insulting me
if you need to explain in detail.

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