"real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;) "

Thus spake Linus Torvalds.

I've been thinking about a recurring issue...Namely that none of RCo's remote backup targets are very good. My home system has a problem remaining alive for any extended duration, and I don't have any other good prospective places to I can trust to send the data. (No offense to anyone who's offered, but it's hard for me to totally trust someone I've never met in person.*)

I may have hit on a novel solution, but I want to run it past a bunch of people (namely, you), before I do something this crazy.

Step 1: Take backup on server
Step 2: Compress backup to tarball.
Step 3: Encrypt tarball using a GPG and a long, long public key.
Step 4: Build a torrent.
Step 5: Add torrent to RSS feed.
Step 6: Anyone who wants to help can point their torrent client at the RSS feed. Data's encrypted, so I don't have to worry. With enough seeder boxes out there, there can be several full copies out there.

Bonus: Server data migration happens much, much faster. :)

* Yes, this is me we're talking about, and I realize the irony.