<hufaunder@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I want to backup my data in a remote location. The total size of the
> data is about 500GB but the incremental data is comparably small. A
> commercial online backup service is one option but I much prefer a
> backup on a family's computer on a different continent. In any case,
> here are the requirements:
>

Backing up in a location off site from the machine being backed up is a
sound principle. But isn't backing up to a different continent going just a
bit too far? Where were you proposing to put you second backup*, the moon?

Seriously though, with the price of hard disk drives these days being so
cheap, why not backup to a pair of hard disk drives and just store them in
another building when not actually being backed up to. If your that worried
about security of the data, stick 'em in a fire safe. The more complicated
you make your backup regime, the more likely you are to be disappointed when
you come to restore it under circumstances that you can't make another.

*A backup is not a backup unless it's backed up.