So you’ve come to the conclusion that it’s a good idea to switch cloud providers and move your existing backup data across. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
How risky is that process? And how much of a technical challenge will it pose?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The good news with BackupAssist is that you’re not<\/strong> locked in<\/strong> to any particular cloud storage provider. This gives you the freedom to switch whenever you want to, and to keep all your backup history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even if you have terabytes of existing backup history, all this can be preserved when you migrate from one cloud to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s discuss this in more detail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The process<\/strong> of switching providers is risk free. That’s a pretty bold claim, so let’s back that up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Risk of data breach<\/strong>: BackupAssist Cloud Backups are encrypted locally before being uploaded, so your data is confidential from the moment it leaves your computer. Even if you use a 3rd party to copy across your backup data from one cloud to another, all that 3rd party would see is encrypted data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Risk of losing existing backups<\/strong>: There\u2019s no chance of losing any of your existing backups because migrating your data is a read-only operation for your existing cloud. That is – it’s non-destructive. Moving to a new provider is a Make-Before-Break<\/em> process; only delete your data from your old cloud after<\/strong> you’re happy that your new provider is working properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The switch itself is pain-Free \u2013 <\/strong>BackupAssist makes it easy to re-direct your backup jobs to use the new cloud storage. Once you’ve copied the data across from old to new cloud, simply edit the settings for your backup job to point to the new location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Backing out of the switch is easy<\/strong>: What if you find your new cloud is not all that it’s cracked up to be? It’s okay, because you can switch back easily. Simply keep your old cloud active while you assess the performance fo your new cloud. Should you need to go back, you can change a few settings in BackupAssist to point it to back up to the old cloud again. And because all your old data is already there, your next backup will just be an incremental “top up”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The process of transferring to a new cloud provider follows just a few simple steps: <\/p>\n\n\n\nSwitching cloud providers is risk free with BackupAssist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Moving your cloud backups is straightforward and well documented <\/h2>\n\n\n\n