Online Backup for MLS
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:09 pm
Just a couple weeks ago our church building burnt to the ground. Thankfully we were able to restore all our data from a backup. As a result I am much more concerned about offsite backup and disaster recovery.
As the financial clerk I am not the only one who uses MLS, but some other users are not as good about performing backups. Additionally I sometimes forget one of the 3 steps:
If the idea of using Mozy is not appealing (or the Church doesn't qualify for the free account), then I can certainly create an online backup solution from scratch that uses whatever grade encryption desired, and backs it up to any server desired. If the Church has a server we can use in SLC, maybe Amazon Cloud S3, or someone else could setup a server.
Looking for feedback on the idea. Any suggestions would be great too! Anyone else have luck with this sort of setup?
Thanks,
-Jim
As the financial clerk I am not the only one who uses MLS, but some other users are not as good about performing backups. Additionally I sometimes forget one of the 3 steps:
- Backup to C: drive.
- Backup to USB drive locked in cabinet.
- Update to offsite backup (on USB drive in my pocket).
- They have 2 GB of free storage, enough for MLS - http://mozy.com/home/free/ (since a Church is not a business)
- They support the use of 128-Bit AES encryption with a user specified passkey - it is encrypted on the local machine, and the passkey never leaves the machine. Very secure!
- Mozy 2xProtect will also automate the creation of a local backup.
- The online backup is completely automated and doesn't require anyone to do anything. That means the offsite backup is always up to date!
If the idea of using Mozy is not appealing (or the Church doesn't qualify for the free account), then I can certainly create an online backup solution from scratch that uses whatever grade encryption desired, and backs it up to any server desired. If the Church has a server we can use in SLC, maybe Amazon Cloud S3, or someone else could setup a server.
Looking for feedback on the idea. Any suggestions would be great too! Anyone else have luck with this sort of setup?
Thanks,
-Jim