Thanks for your help

Colin

>Colin,
>I don't knwo anyone who could do it i'm afraid but i am sure that someone here could point you in the right direction. i was thinking maybe a vpn over broadband and two versions of the db, SQL or whatever, and they just replicate continuously. i think that SQL server has tools etc to help set up replication so it may not require much is the line of setup, i would imagine that if you are familiar with SQL server then you could take a good stab at it yourself.
>Slán
>~M
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>>Mark
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>>Yes it would - do you have any contacts that might be very helful in setting it up?
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>>Thanks
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>>Colin
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>>>Colin
>>>Would an offsite mirrored server work? i presume that all you need is the data to be saved as the app can be restored from a cd copy.
>>>Slán
>>>~M
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>>>>Hi
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>>>>I have several clients who operate Courier businesses 24/7 - offsite backup is a major problem as none of these clients have IT staff or indeed any staff who can be trusted to ensure that backups are taken offsite on a regular basis - although tape backups are taken overnight the time taken to find another machine quickly to restore a tape backup could damage the ability to get the business back on its feet
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>>>>What I need is the ability to take hourly backups offsite - I do this with a couple of clients with web based hourly backups of crucial data of approx 250mb - any more would be very expensive
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>>>>What advice would anyone give to hourly backups of data volumes in excess of 10gb - or to be fair the changes to the data which occur in that time frame using methods other than the web
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>>>>Such as dedicated external servers using VPN etc - what's the experience out there?
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>>>>Thanks
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>>>>Colin