Backup To OneDrive Software? Everything! Best Software? - Page 1
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author: NeedsPractice
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 12:04:04 am
content: I contacted Microsoft and they said they do not have software to where you could backup all your files to one drive. I mean you can copy some of your files to your one drive folder and back stuff up. However, it does not do this automatically.I have around (10) hard drives I want to backup to the cloud with One Drive. What is the best software to do this with?AOMEI BackupperI DriveEaseusI do not want a Cloud Plan. I just need the software to take my DATA and Transfer it to the cloud in a nice, readable, viewable fashion. I wish there was software that acts just like one drive to where it syncs as files change however, I do not think that exists. I do not want some crappy backup file extension where all my data goes into one big data dump file.Does this exist?Can you help?Recommendations?I would love to have software to where I can connect my one drive up. Point the folder or drive I want backed up and let it upload for days all of my data to my cloud drive.BonusWhen a change is my it detects it and backs that file up or replaces itHowever, if that is not possible I would simply like to copy my files over to one drive with this software and back up everything to one drive. Am I making sense?Please help with any recommendations.Thanks!

author: NeedsPractice
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 12:23:32 am
content: I have around 64 TB of DATA I would like to back up on Cloud Storage. I plan to get a 5+/- business accounts with Microsoft in order to get unlimited cloud storage. I don't care that it will takes days/weeks to get all my DATA to the cloud. I just want a good clean backup that I can access. Great Point. I do not want it in an Archive status. That is Crap.I need an EPIC piece of software that will let me transfer all of my DATA from my computer to one drive perfectly. Whether it be 5TB, 15TB or 64 TB. The sky is the limit.I know. But how do I add the folder without copying everything to my drive twice over?My One Drive is on my C: Drive and For Example I want to Copy ... Lets say two hard drives. D and E. Totaling 10 TB.I do not want to copy D and E drives to my C drive and the cloud when I drag and copy of them over. I just want to copy D and E to the Cloud. No where else.

author: DEV001
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 01:06:17 am
content: Have you looked at RClone? It is pretty much the standard tool for this type of task.https://rclone.org/onedrive/https://rclone.org/docs/

author: NeedsPractice
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 04:00:59 am
content: Quote from: DEV001 on February 05, 2022, 01:06:17 amThank You.That looks really promising. However, is there a stupid version? Plug and play. I mean, I'm sure I can read all that and figure it out but I would rather not spend days or hours doing so. Can I buy an R Clone product and use it as the middle man between my PC and One Drive, turn key, out of the box?

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 05:34:43 am
content: TGRMN Viceversahttps://www.tgrmn.com/You can set it up exactly the way you want, what source, what target, comparison method , sync method. the whole shebangyou can save the settings and script them ( it has a built in engine where you just make a list of presets and set a time when to fire. )

author: NeedsPractice
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 06:23:47 am
content: Quote from: free_electron on February 05, 2022, 05:34:43 amI believe that is just for local stuff. Like hard drive to hard drive. Does it have a cloud solution? To where I can back up a Full Hard drive to One Drive?

author: DEV001
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 12:57:48 pm
content: Quote from: NeedsPractice on February 05, 2022, 04:00:59 amRClone offers a GUI and you can find several alternative GUI interfaces if that is what you are looking for. You may want to visit the DataHorder subreddit as the type of scenario you describe is an everyday thing there. It can get expensive if you really want to manage that much data as I invested in SuperMicro servers in my home to ensure I have instant access to my files. My setup is relatively basic compared to some users in that reddit have over a PB of data in their houses with multiple racks full of disks so what you are asking is right up their ally.https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarderAlternative RClone UIhttp://martins.ninja/RcloneBrowser/Official RClone UIhttps://github.com/rclone/rclone-webui-reactAnother option is something like StableBit CloudDrive and FreeFilesSync to synchronize your data to the cloud drive.https://stablebit.com/CloudDrive/Featureshttps://freefilesync.org/

author: NeedsPractice
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 01:31:24 pm
content: Quote from: DEV001 on February 05, 2022, 12:57:48 pmThank you, these are all really nice options. I will look further into them for sure. however this is a lame solution below:So far it looks like my best option is to:Copy about 1TB of data to my onedrive folder at a time.Then click “free space”That will remove the data from my hard drive and leave it online with the cloud.Rinse and repeat until all my data is on the cloud.I was going to use the “web browser” to simply upload the files from say i.e. my D drive however, the browser is horrible and hangs all the time. Even one a million dollar computer.

author: jonpaul
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 01:54:22 pm
content: Cloud data is available to governments, hackers and Chinese spies.Local NAS and multicommander!Jon

author: NeedsPractice
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 03:36:51 pm
content: Quote from: jonpaul on February 05, 2022, 01:54:22 pmI do agree with this emphatically however, what happens if your house burns down?

author: eugene
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 09:51:35 pm
content: Quote from: jonpaul on February 05, 2022, 01:54:22 pmEncrypt the files before putting them in the cloud.

author: NeedsPractice
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 10:53:55 pm
content: Quote from: eugene on February 05, 2022, 09:51:35 pmIf you do that. Can the algorithm still detect i.e. nude photos you may have put on there by accident and BAN your account?

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 11:41:50 pm
content: I pay BackBlaze about $5 a month to manage all my backups.For the cost of a Starbucks coffee every month (not that I frequent that establishment) it seemed worthwhile to not worry about that.I've got over 800GB with them so far and counting.Doing backups yourself is fraught with danger and significant cost. Are you realistically going to beat $120 a year, even if you assume your time is free?

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 11:59:39 pm
content: Quote from: NeedsPractice on February 05, 2022, 01:31:24 pmThat doesn't sound like a "backup" to me.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2022, 12:12:26 am
content: QuoteHow many disaster recoveries have you successfully performed?

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2022, 12:22:03 am
content: 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.

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2022, 01:18:53 am
content: 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 namedRobocopy. I wrote a batch file to automate it as there are many options.Attribis used to un-hide hidden subdirectories.It works a treat and the ongoing cost is zero.

author: NeedsPractice
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2022, 01:37:22 am
content: Quote from: Halcyon on February 06, 2022, 12:22:03 amWhen 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?

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2022, 01:38:30 am
content: Quote from: dunkemhigh on February 06, 2022, 12:12:26 amAt 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.

author: jonpaul
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2022, 08:41:23 am
content: NAS><SSD ><removable bay><swap weekly><store one in bank vault or other off siteJon

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2022, 09:07:49 am
content: Quote from: NeedsPractice on February 06, 2022, 01:37:22 amThe files are just "blocks" of data. When you call for a file, it knows which ones to download/cache and then decrypt. It basically mounts your cloud storage as a virtual drive letter in Windows.It seems to be quite reputable. All your encryption keys etc... are stored locally on your machine.