[Gllug] OT: Network connection for home to cloud backup

- Tethys tethys at gmail.com
Tue Sep 14 13:41:35 UTC 2010


On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:05 PM, gvim <gvimrc at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have recently had to inform a client of mine that his plan to have a home network fileserver backed up to a cloud service is unworkable because his home broadband deal typically has only 0.6Mbps upload speed. Obvious to us, maybe, but not to him. Is there a reasonably priced business-grade alternative anyone knows of which might suit his requirements?

0.6Mbps is more than adequate, except for the initial upload. Take a
USB disk to the datacentre for that, and then ADSL is sufficient to
keep the two in sync.

Tet

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