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Online Backup Solutions
Backing up your data online to the cloud can be accomplished through a number of services. These services offer different plans, with monthly or annual costs depending on the amount of space you require. Some services even offer free limited plans if you only have a small amount of data to back up or if you’d like to test out the service before committing to a subscription. In some cases, you may not need a lot of space and simply wish to store some files online for easy access. Many free options exist for this purpose with more storage space available at an additional cost. There are 2 basic types of online ( cloud ) based backup solutions tho the differences are blurring as these companies compete for your business.
The first is a Systematic Data Backup referring to a backup system that installs a small program on your computer and allows you to select files and folders to be backed up to the cloud on a schedule you define. This is most commonly used for recovery from a catastrophic failure of a hard drive or other local storage device.
The second is a Manual Online Access where an online storage location is presented as a folder on your computer and it allows files to be placed there that are then synced to the online storage. This is most commonly used to save files that you may need to access quickly or from multiple locations.
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