How Do I Backup To The Cloud?

When you are considering backing up data to the cloud, you must first understand that this approach is very different from traditional backing up of data onto hard drives or archiving data in DVDs. In short, in cloud backup, the files will no longer be in your hands. You will have to store them in remote storage servers. Cloud storage is much safer than traditional hard drive storage because data is stored off-site and not vulnerable any more to thefts, damages or accidents.

Why Choose Cloud Storage For Your Data?

Most cloud storage providers will store many copies of the same files to ensure that there are well-protected even if a single server or drive fails or crashes. Sometimes, the previous file versions are also stored in order to restore documents to original state. When you do not have a huge number of files to be backed up, you should plan on cloud storage as this is most cost-effective. You will find that most providers will also give you free limited storage. For instance, Microsoft's Sky Drive will provide 7GB storage free of cost and that can easily back up about 1000 digital images.

How To Use Online Storage:

You will be able to access the online storage through web browsers when you log into the provider's home page for uploading and downloading files manually. When you want automated backups, the providers offer easy-to-use, free desktop applications. You can easily download and install it from the site and it will be in the background, syncing the designated files automatically on the hard drives. Whatever changes you make to such synced files on the computer will be reflected at once in the cloud. Most providers will also offer free tablet and smartphone applications so that you can view the stored files, no matter where you are.

Storing Documents: One of the first things that you can do when you write documents is to throw all of these into what is called the DatabaGG. You may organize the files into separate folders and configure the DatabaGG to synchronize only specific folders to the different computers you use.

Storing Photos: For photos, you can use the DatabaGG and you may have to pay when you want more than the basic storage. You may even back up the photos in the DatabaGG app on your smartphone and also in the free version of DatabaGG Photos just to be safe. Storing images against a fee on Apple makes sense as you can pull up the photos across multiple Apple devices any time.

Storing Files: For storing the more critical files, you can use the NAS box that will keep data secure through a RAID5 array. You may even combine this with Backblaze backups so as to be completely safe. The NAS works like free cloud storage devices.

So, cloud backup is nothing but being able to access data which is stored in any online repository. You simply download desktop clients to the PC and then choose the folders that you want backed up. This data is then uploaded to the backup service through a set schedule. Even with cloud backups, you can still maintain local or physical backups of the data through external hard drives.