[Cialug] rsnapshot replication

[L. V. Lammert]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2016, Scott Yates wrote:

> You use the gui on the client machine to connect via ssh with port mapping
> to the headless server.  It is not a complex as it sounds actually, but is
> not trivial either.
>
We never install GUIs on the "client" machine, .. even if it were there,
there is no simple way to access remotely - it would require running the X
app over SSH, and such a WAN connection seldom provides reasonable
performance even if it could be accomplished. (The only other option would
be somehthing like TeamViewer to manage the backup on the remote server,
but that is at least three layers of complexity that does not make sense.)

> Restoring or backing up does require a cloud LOGIN, but not cloud storage.
>
So, .. your own storage is managed from the CrashPlan Cloud?

> Side note, you can manage and store your own keyfile for backup so that "in
> theory" only you can see your data.  Since it is not open source, you don't
> know for certain though.
>
While I can see CrashPlan being a good solution for a workstation, .. I
just can't see it working well for a normal server [in our case - minimal
install, no X-Windows, remotely managed via ssh].

Thanks for the info, however, .. it does sound like a decent system for
workstations or servers that can be managed locally.

	Lee