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Is it required to use the Ortlin-Backup or the Ortlin-ISCSI software to utilize the offsite storage?

April 26, 2017Offsite ortlin-backup ortlin-iscsi Software storage utilize

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Is it required to use the Ortlin-Backup or the Ortlin-ISCSI software to utilize the offsite storage?

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A. No. Ortlin-Backup utilizes SSH and RSYNC. 1) You can use virtually any process or procedure that can tunnel RSYNC traffic using SSH through internet address backup.ortlinbackup.com port 6565 Ortlin-ISCSI utilizes SSH and ISCSI targets. 1) You will need to submit your private key to technical support services 2) An authorization channel needs to be established using your provate key and a SSH session to backup.ortlinbackup.com port 6570 3) ISCSI initiator requests need to be tunneled using SSH to address backup.ortlinbackup.