Google Drive offers a backup of your entire PC

This is nice, now I'm just waiting for the Drive File Stream to come live.
 
Sounds like their existing Drive program :confused:

IE, select which folders to sync, and it 'backs up' those folders.

Not sure how this is different. Just hope they don't 'upgrade' Drive to be less functional. I use it all day...
 
Budza said:
Sounds like their existing Drive program :confused:

IE, select which folders to sync, and it 'backs up' those folders.

Not sure how this is different. Just hope they don't 'upgrade' Drive to be less functional. I use it all day...
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the existing drive folder only syncs whatever is in the GoogleDrive folder, the new features allows you to backup anything, anywhere.
 
faniebraai said:
As opposed to Dropbox that's 2GB? But Mega is 50GB.

I kinda like the Mega service to be honest. Like DropBox the least
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Dropbox has some features that are indispensible, like excluding certain types of files, which wasn't supported by Google Drive last time I checked. It is especially useful if you want to sync a live copy of your work where the program you use creates a large number of big temporary files in the same folder (i.e. compiling a program).
 
zAAm said:
Dropbox has some features that are indispensible, like excluding certain types of files, which wasn't supported by Google Drive last time I checked. It is especially useful if you want to sync a live copy of your work where the program you use creates a large number of big temporary files in the same folder (i.e. compiling a program).
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sure, dropbox is more geared for business type activities.

and i forgot about one...

one drive... the absolute worst piece of crap ever!
 
The_Librarian said:
Only the first 15Gb is free, thereafter it's pay for extra storage.

Expected that, was about to dump 4Tb's of data :whistle: :D
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FaSMaN said:
Yawns 15gb , wake me up when it's 15TB
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While I too am disappointed it's not a proper backup system, you can get unlimited cloud backup from Backblaze at affordable rates. The only issue is that upload speeds seem to max out at 15Mbps.
 
Already have nearly 7TB on my GDrive. Might replace my Backblaze with this...
 
Waylander said:
Nope, $10/pm unlimited GSuite.
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Ah, nice. Don't you have to ask for more space over 1TB? How does Google handle that? Are they chilled with giving whatever you want or do you need to justify your need with a sob story?
 
Bryn said:
Ah, nice. Don't you have to ask for more space over 1TB? How does Google handle that? Are they chilled with giving whatever you want or do you need to justify your need with a sob story?
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They advertise is as limited to 1TB until you get to 5 users, but even with a single user you receive unlimited storage. No interaction with Google needed, its all done automatically when you verify your domain with GSuite. I use it for business email too. So lots of value in that $10...
 
Is there any functionality in Google drive that would allow recovery of files if the PC was hit with a ransomware virus and then synced over the backup? At first glance, I don't see anything about rolling back to previous versions or recovery points.

Given the nasty ransomware viruses that have been going around for the last couple of years, people seem to have a misplaced confidence in Dropbox/Onedrive/Google Drive as a means of backing up their data. I have seen a laptop infected with Locky where all the files in the Dropbox folder were encrypted and then this synced to Dropbox, which then synced the encrypted files to all folders shared with other people. In this instance, there was a good backup of the infected users Dropbox folder.
 
Waylander said:
They advertise is as limited to 1TB until you get to 5 users, but even with a single user you receive unlimited storage. No interaction with Google needed, its all done automatically when you verify your domain with GSuite. I use it for business email too. So lots of value in that $10...
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That does sound like great value. It also makes their regular Google Drive pricing look stupid.

InvisibleJim said:
Is there any functionality in Google drive that would allow recovery of files if the PC was hit with a ransomware virus and then synced over the backup? At first glance, I don't see anything about rolling back to previous versions or recovery points.

Given the nasty ransomware viruses that have been going around for the last couple of years, people seem to have a misplaced confidence in Dropbox/Onedrive/Google Drive as a means of backing up their data. I have seen a laptop infected with Locky where all the files in the Dropbox folder were encrypted and then this synced to Dropbox, which then synced the encrypted files to all folders shared with other people. In this instance, there was a good backup of the infected users Dropbox folder.
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Not sure, but Backblaze and Crashplan both have rollback functionality. Best option is to simply protect your machine. Running competent antivirus software like Avira, Kaspersky or Bitdefender makes it pretty much impossible to get struck by Ransomware.
 
Bryn said:
That does sound like great value. It also makes their regular Google Drive pricing look stupid.



Not sure, but Backblaze and Crashplan both have rollback functionality. Best option is to simply protect your machine. Running competent antivirus software like Avira, Kaspersky or Bitdefender makes it pretty much impossible to get struck by Ransomware.
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Backups are for when the impossible happen... don't skimp!
 
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