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Backup To OneDrive Software? Everything! Best Software?
Halcyon:
As DEV001 already mentioned, StableBit. I highly recommend it. It allows you to sync to all the major cloud storage providers (including OneDrive) and everything can be encrypted before it leaves your machine, so even if someone accessed your cloud storage, all they see are garbage files. The downside is that it's for Windows only at this time.
VK3DRB:
I would not trust any third party cloud backup, mainly because of the cyber attacks by enemy governments.
Instead, I wrote a batch file that creates an off-site backup, using the little known but quite powerful Windows command named Robocopy. I wrote a batch file to automate it as there are many options. Attrib is used to un-hide hidden subdirectories.
It works a treat and the ongoing cost is zero.
NeedsPractice:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on February 06, 2022, 12:22:03 am ---As DEV001 already mentioned, StableBit. I highly recommend it. It allows you to sync to all the major cloud storage providers (including OneDrive) and everything can be encrypted before it leaves your machine, so even if someone accessed your cloud storage, all they see are garbage files. The downside is that it's for Windows only at this time.
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When you encrypt your files on the cloud. They can't read them. That is cool. However, lets see you need one file... Can you log into StableBit, looks at your files online un-encrypted. Pick the file and download it alone?
Also, can you trust StableBit? I know its just the middle man software, however, one drive keys, passwords, no one has access to all of that?
tom66:
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--- Quote ---I've got over 800GB with them so far and counting.
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How many disaster recoveries have you successfully performed?
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At least two so far; one where a major project was corrupted and I was able to recover data via their online tool (30 day rolling history.) I lost only a few hours of work in the end. In another case, I deleted a minor file in a software project and I wasn't able to recover it through the ordinary Windows processes; I would have lost a few days work so not too bad but in the end no time lost at all, other than the time required to find the file.
I normally use revision control for software but it was a project where, for silly reasons, I had decided to not use git, perhaps earlier frustration put me off it.
In lost time alone, it's probably paid for itself.
FWIW, my backups are encrypted and the key is something only I know, so I'm not worried about that aspect.
jonpaul:
NAS><SSD ><removable bay><swap weekly><store one in bank vault or other off site
Jon
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