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>>I'd love to hear from folks on staff in small nonprofits (not from vendors) about whether you'd endorse the remote backup strategy and
why. What can go wrong, and what can go right, with this option?>;>
Coming in a little late, but what role will this play in your overall backup strategy? That is, are they considering it as their primary (or only) backup mechanism, or only filling a disaster recovery role?
For a disaster recovery role: there are numerous companies offering free hosting to nonprofits, in one case almost 500 GB of storage space. I can imagine a solution where encrypted backup sets are automatically uploaded to a remote webhost on a regular basis. The amount of setup needed for such a "hand-rolled" solution would likely be minimal.
Ramsey
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Ramsey Tantawi
IT Manager
The Food Project
P.O. Box 705/10 Lewis St.
Lincoln, MA 01773
Phone: 781-259-8621 x25
Fax: 781-259-9659
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thefoodproject.org
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