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5TB Cloud Storage: First Year US$3.48 (~A$4.49), Then US$69.50 (~A$89.60) Annually @ iDrive

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5TB Cloud Storage: First Year US$3.48 (~A$4.49), Then US$69.50 (~A$89.60) Annually @ iDrive
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Poliskawan on 02/03/2021 - 16:02 idrive.com (281 clicks)
Last edited 02/03/2021 - 16:15 by 1 other user

TechRadar editor choice - sign up for 5TB iDrive cloud storage for the first year only at 95% discounted price of US$3.48 (normal price US$69.50)

FEATURES:

Multiple Device Backup
Backup unlimited PCs, Macs, iPhones, iPads and Android devices into a single account.
In addition, data from external hard drives can also be backed up.

Online File Sync
Files and folders will be synced in real time across all the devices that you link using IDrive. Sync storage does not impact your backup storage, and matches your backup storage limit.

IDrive Express™
Quick backup and retrieval of data in less than a week via physical storage shipment, ensuring no bandwidth usage.

Snapshots and Versioning*
Snapshots provide historical view of data for point-in-time recovery and help protect against ransomware; IDrive retains upto 30 previous versions of all files backed up to your account.

Manage Computers
Web-based console helps manage data backups, restores, application settings and more, on remote computers.

Clone/Computer Backup
Perform sector-level backup or file-level backup to secure your entire computer, and restore the same to its initial state in the event of a disaster.

Security and Privacy
Transfer and store files with 256-bit AES encryption using a user-defined key that is not stored anywhere on the servers.

Fast-Fast-Fast
Incremental and compressed backups will ease network bandwidth by transferring the modified portions of a file.

Continuous Data Protection
IDrive automatically recognizes the modified parts of files and backs them up.

Go Mobile
Access files backed up from PCs and Macs or synced from connected devices; protect mobile data with apps for iOS and Android.

Retrieve Data
Search and restore files from the desktop application or via any browser; provision to recover deleted files from Trash within a period of 30 days.

True Archiving
No data is deleted from the IDrive online account until you manually delete or run 'Archive Cleanup' to match your computer data to your account.

Stay Informed
Activity reports, backup status reports, share reports - all keep you informed.

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  • b2dz on 02/03/2021 - 16:14

    Says $52.12 for me?

  • Binggggo on 02/03/2021 - 16:20

    Link doesn't work for me.

  • mickeyjuiceman on 02/03/2021 - 16:26
    +1

    Just go to the iDrive site, this price is always available for new signups.

  • opelcalibra on 02/03/2021 - 16:37
    +1

    Ive been using this for about 3 months and got the same deal.
    On Windows, the client is very good, you can schedule backups to start and stop by a certain time and only email on errors.

    I backup overnight and it maxes out my nbn upload speed (30mbps approx)

    Ive got 7 different pcs backing up at different locations under the one account.

    The android app can auto backup photos but i found it really slow compared to the desktop. it might be ok once it gets a full backup done and only needs incremental backups

  • cristtos on 02/03/2021 - 16:42
    +1

    I have just received the renewal invoice. So I have been using it for more than a year.
    3.5 of 5 TB in use, continuous backup of a data repository that changes anything from 0 to 10 GB on a daily base.
    Note that this is secondary backup, primary is nightly into rotated USB external drives using robocopy /mirror

    • b2dz on 02/03/2021 - 17:43

      That's a fair chunk of data. What are you backing up if you don't mind me asking?

      • skinny on 02/03/2021 - 17:51

        1s and 0s ;)

      • cristtos on 02/03/2021 - 21:11

        An archive of various files that keeps growing from a client company. Spans 10+ years and is referred to quite often.

    • UltimateAI on 02/03/2021 - 21:03

      Agree, it’s a great service.
      I backup my NAS as well as all our one drive and google drive accounts.

    • id on 02/03/2021 - 23:11

      Wow… Robocopying /mirror… What happens if the client is attacked by a ransomware? Not the best solution ey.

      • cristtos on 03/03/2021 - 08:46

        rotating USB drives?

        • id on 03/03/2021 - 15:13

          Not good enough for critical services that needs recent data not prev day.. lots of better solutions. This is outdated unreliable.

          • Dacs on 04/03/2021 - 15:04

            @id: @id, can you suggest/link to info on what you think is a good backup solution? I'm currently using Aomei Backupper on an external drive, and in addition Tresorit for just the documents folder. But that leaves photos, music etc quite vulnerable

  • JoeH on 02/03/2021 - 16:46

    tried and gave up, too slow, it could take decades to fill up 5T…

    • dosada on 02/03/2021 - 17:13

      I have made same experience. One drive just as slow

  • redler on 02/03/2021 - 16:47
    -4

    Hmmm… why don't people just use friends/family as backup cloud services? I just hang a drive off my router, configure it as an FTP server and it works great as a backup/cloud service for my family interstate. They do the same for me. No cost, full trust.

    • mickeyjuiceman on 02/03/2021 - 16:48
      +4

      This is similar to "Why don't people just use Linux instead ofWindows? It's free, easy to setup and use!"

    • PainToad on 02/03/2021 - 16:55
      +2

      Please tell me that FTP is behind a VPN or you at least have fail2ban?

    • HowMuch4Cash on 02/03/2021 - 17:39
      +1

      FTP but.

    • tm001 on 02/03/2021 - 19:13
      +2

      So basically your data are not encrypted, not firewalled and available via FTP? And I hope that your friends don't have kids :-)
      I use friend's houses for offline backup on bitlocked drive locked in a shockproof box, but I am bit paranoid re anything online.
      Also, working in IT security, I am bit alergic to words "full trust", especially in the same sentence as "no cost" :-D

    • UltimateAI on 02/03/2021 - 21:01

      Assume you mean sftp and not ftp and your backup client encrypts you’re data with your own private key before transmission.

      Zero Trust is what your looking for not full trust.

  • Sage222 on 02/03/2021 - 17:37
    +1

    Idrive sucks. Poor performance. Poor support. Going to leave as soon as my year is up

    • UltimateAI on 02/03/2021 - 20:57

      Lol.. your kidding right I moved to idrive 8 months ago to reduce my glacier bill and never looked back.

      I find it very fast, they even have clients for my very dated netgear readynas104.

      Windows backup client is great!!, only downside is no client side de-dupe.

  • dynaflow on 03/03/2021 - 13:52

    opelcalibra 21 hours 14 min agonew
    +1 vote
    "Ive been using this for about 3 months and got the same deal.
    On Windows, the client is very good, you can schedule backups to start and stop by a certain time and only email on errors.I backup overnight and it maxes out my nbn upload speed (30mbps approx)Ive got 7 different pcs backing up at different locations under the one account.The android app can auto backup photos but i found it really slow compared to the desktop. it might be ok once it gets a full backup done and only needs incremental backups"

    Do you work for the C.I.A.? Asking for a friend…

    • opelcalibra on 03/03/2021 - 15:39

      lol no.
      remember you can set your own encryption key on the client if you are worried about data spying.

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