Off Site Remote Storage Backup With A Raspberry Pi

blackster · 12 Feb 2014 at 14:01

Hi Folks

I'm looking for some info on how to make a off site storage solution for all my files.

I have a few terabytes of data that I'd like to backup somewhere else (My Fathers house) using a Raspberry Pi and a couple of portable 2tb hard drives, plus I need something to be switched on 24/7 to access the files so electric running costs are to be considered.

My father has a working internet connection (not sure if static or dynamic ip) but rather do this than pay stupid rates for cloud backup I'd rather do this as I already have the hardware to do it.

Question is, is it possible and what software do I need to do this

PS: My dad has no desktop PC at his address, and only uses his internet connection for his ipad and laptop

Hope someone can helps

Cheers

#Chri5# · 12 Feb 2014 at 14:10

Quick idea...

Get Crashplan running on the Pi (Google turns up a few guides eg this)
Then get Crashplan at your house to backup to the Pi over the Internet (CP guide here)

blackster · 13 Feb 2014 at 01:28

Cheers Chri5, I'll have a go at the weekend, just a thought is there any other options such as FTP or would this get more complicated

memyselfandi · 13 Feb 2014 at 06:12

What is the source system and what is your rate of change of data? The latter needs to be considered to understand how realistic being able to even backups of changed data offsite is without crippling yours and his Internet connections (he probably wouldn't be best pleased if you used all his bandwidth with your backup job)

I have done this sort of thing before using rsync through an SSH tunnel (using a dynamic dns service to get around not having a static ip) from a Linux server at my place to a Linux server at my parents.

You'll want to do the initial backup over a local network to get the bulk of the data onto the backup disks prior to backing up online for real.

IceWind · 17 Feb 2014 at 16:16

You have to remeber that the ethernet on the raspberry pi sits on the the usb 2.0 controller to which it only has the one. You have 2 x usb ports and the ethernet pord fed off the same chip. The issue you will probably find that you run into that the transfer speed is going to be crippled while writing to a usb drive making a slow process even slower.