Windows 10: One Drive vs Google Drive (paid versions for 100 GB cloud storage))

Hi there Seems to me that GOOGLE DRIVE is a much better bet than One Drive if you need more than the basic Free allowanace (5GB --not big enough for even a simple Macrium backup of a small Windows VM - 14 GB needed in my case). Ms One Drive offers 100GB for a monthly payment of 2 EUR (or equivalent _ a month - I HATE subscriptions --why not offer a 1 off yearly payment please Ms while GOOGLE charges for the same amount a 1 off payment for ONE YEAR of 16 EUR -- so however you look at it 24 EUR from Ms for a year is dearer than Google at 16 EUR. - Note these prices exclude any applicable sales tax - that's something I can't compare - but looking at the base price it's an even better deal for google if you add relevant sales tax - the higher the base price the more sales tax gets added -- might be called VAT in your jurisdiction - but it's the same B/S !!!. People who have used either - are there any inherent problems -- I'm on decent Fibre broadband at 1 Tbs so provided either google or ms servers are not overloaded there shouldn't be any problems at my end. Are there any limitations on uploads/downloads /usage etc provided you don't exceed the storage limits. Cheers jimbo

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QNAP Enables Symform Storage and Google Drive Sync Support to its NAS Lineup

QNAP Systems, Inc. today announced its Symform cloud storage backup integration has been upgraded with unlimited cloud storage capacity by trading local storage capacity for cloud capacity, and now includes new Google Drive Sync feature. The improved integration of cloud storage services aims to provide QNAP Turbo NAS users with more flexible options for file backup.

QNAP included Symform's service that provides Turbo NAS users up to 10 GB free storage capacity for cloud backup. The new service advances the offering to a free and unlimited cloud backup storage by users' contribution. Users can expand their cloud capacity by contributing local storage to Symform Storage Cloud, and in return get additional capacity in the Symform cloud. The cloud storage gained by contribution is unlimited and free, providing more space to store personal files as an ideal backup solution on the cloud. Users can synchronize files between Turbo NAS and the Symform cloud easily for backing up important data redundantly in the cloud.

"We are excited to have thousands of QNAP users in over 50 countries backing-up their NAS data to our distributed, global storage network, and we appreciate QNAP's market-leading approach to comprehensive data protection," said Matthew J Schiltz, CEO of Symform. "Through our strategic partnership, we have established a revolutionary, crowd sourced model for backing up NAS data in the cloud, and with our new pricing, QNAP customer adoption will accelerate even further."

The newly released Google Drive Sync provides an easy solution for synchronizing data between the Turbo NAS and Google Drive. Users can designate a local shared folder in the Turbo NAS dedicated for synchronizing files with Google Drive on the scheduling or manual basis. Any new or modified files stored in the Turbo NAS or Google Drive can be easily synchronized.

In addition to Symform and Google Drive, QNAP Turbo NAS supports other renowned cloud storage providers for data backup and recovery in the purpose of continuous data protection, including Amazon S3 and ElephantDrive.

"As cloud storage services are widely used nowadays, QNAP has integrated support for the well known and most-used cloud storage services to support the needs of users desiring to leverage cloud solutions for redundant file backup and sync," said Jason Hsu, product manager of QNAP. "Our users can have greater flexibility in backing up content stored on the NAS," added Hsu.

Availability

• Symform is available for all Turbo NAS models capable of running NAS firmware version 3.5.2 onward.
• Google Drive Sync is available on all Turbo NAS units installed with NAS firmware version 3.7.0 onward. To obtain Google Drive Sync, please visit QPKG Center to download.

 

How to mount cloud storage as drive letters / mapped network drives

Hi Brink

Thanks for the very quick response! I only skimmed the article you mentioned but don't think it meets my need. I can easily access / search the Google Drive folder on my PC. BUT my issue is that I store many GB's of data in the cloud ONLY (nowhere on my PC). So it's not in myGoogle drive folder or elsewhere on my PC).

So I'd really like to be able to map a drive letter to the Googe Drive cloud storage (not the Google Drive folder) so i can search files on stored in the cloud.

 

How to mount cloud storage as drive letters / mapped network drives

Onedrive has exactly that feature now with Files On Demand. I am not aware of anyway of doing it with any other Cloud service.

For only £6 a month, you can get 1TB of Onedrive space, and as a bonus, you get the full MS Office chucked in free (actually it is other way round - you lease MS Office and get 1TB free).

Nothing else comes close to it in terms of value, and you get Files on Demand.

No contest really.

You get 5GB free anyway. Suggest you play with that and then decide if you want to go for MS Office deal.