Distributed Backup?

[Digital Water]

Does anyone have any recommendations on how to enable secure nightly backups
to remote computers that are behind a firewall?

Here's the scenario. Each member of my family owns at least one computer. We
all have broadband access and plenty of available storage on our PC's. It
would be really nice if we could leverage all of this available storage for a
true backup solution in different locations.

 

[AJR]

Investigate "Windows Home Server".

 

[Chris Cowles]

Investigate "Windows Home Server".

I think each computer is in a different household and the goal is for
house A to backup at house B, house B to backup at house C, and house
C to backup at house A, or something like that.

 

[Digital Water]

I think each computer is in a different household and the goal is for
house A to backup at house B, house B to backup at house C, and house
C to backup at house A, or something like that.

This is exactly what I am looking for. While Home Server is a fantastic
solution for a single home with multiple computers it does not appear to
satisfy the scenario above... unless someone knows of any add-ons for Home
Server to enable backups from computers outside of the local network?
Performance and ability to automate would be a concern as well.

 

[Chris Cowles]

This is exactly what I am looking for. While Home Server is a
fantastic
solution for a single home with multiple computers it does not
appear to
satisfy the scenario above... unless someone knows of any add-ons
for Home
Server to enable backups from computers outside of the local
network?
Performance and ability to automate would be a concern as well.

Look into getting static ips and opening your firewall only to those
ip addresses. However, that's only part of it and I don't have the
knowledge to advise you further. You basically need VPNs with secure
signon, otherwise the data traffic between the locations is exposed.