Hi there I am trying to find an solution to a dilemma that may or may not be feasible to attempt to resolve. Kind of like reinventing the wheel. I am trying to put together a machine I can use to backup my clients systems. I realize that there are
numerous online backup companies/sites out there that could do what I want for very cheap, however cost is not really the factor. Most of these inexpensive backup sites don't allow for unlimited backups or versioning of backups for any length of time,
as a local backup does, rather they count individual completed backup sessions. So for instance if they backup your pc once that counts as a session and if you backup daily after a week that counts for 7 sessions. Most online backup solutions will save
anywhere from 5-15 sessions, which means if you client doesn't become aware of the error, or catch the deleted or overwritten file within that time span they are SOL and if you recommended the service or are associated as a partner to the
backup service then you don't look or smell very nice to your client. I know these online vendors have thousands of clients and this has everything to do with space limitations that is why I wish to setup my own device especially with drive size and pricing
being what they are. I have a small client base maybe 20 companies and probably a total of 5 TB of data between them. I have a fiber optic internet connection with 100/100 up/down and most of my clients have similar or at the very least cable connections
of 5-10 up/down. Can anyone recommend a solution in a box or lead me in the right direction that would allow me to setup a backup server that will allow remote backup access to my system. Preferably one that uses the built in backup client software that comes
with windows. Like I said I may be trying to reinvent the wheel but for the safety of important data, I and my clients would feel better if we knew exactly where our data resided who has access to it and if necessary we could restore a file at least a
year back. The backup would consist of individual files and folders, like QuickBooks company files, word and excel files, videos, music etc.. no SQL databases, no VM's or the like, strictly data no pc system images because of time and size constraints,
unless it is possible or feasible to create the initial backup locally and import it to the server and then generate incremental backups afterwards. Please if possible help me re-invent the wheel.
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