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Not that good! Very cheap for 10Tb The problem is that I wanted to Sync 5 directories totalling around 1.5Gb but IDrive doesn’t take the data direct from my Hdd. It generates its own directory and the 1.5Gb gets copied into there. The issue is that my ssd is only 2Tb so this doesn’t work. Their solution was to do a straight backup. This would be a pain as I have to do daily backups which takes days! Also if the internet connection drops, it has to start again. This is why I wanted Sync, so after the initial transfer, only the changed or new files are transferred, which takes a few minutes. Further to Idrive’s comments below re support. I have been in touch with them as indicated above, but they can’t help with my issue. I want realtime Sync not Backup. I have a 4Tb SSD for backup.

iDrive doet wat het moet doen: je data backuppen. Een groot probleem is echter hoe de data zijn georganiseerd. Alles wat je backupt wordt gehangen onder de computernaam, dus interne computer disk/ssd maar ook de externe disks. Dit is voor iDrive een onverbrekelijk geheel. Dit zorgt voor grote problemen als je ooit besluit een nieuwe computer aan te schaffen en daar je externe disks aan te hangen. De backup van je nieuwe computer wordt gezien als een totale vervanging van computer plus externe disks, terwijl natuurlijk alleen je computer is veranderd. Door het data model van iDrive is het echter niet mogelijk alleen het computergedeelte opnieuw te backuppen, maar moet je ALLES opnieuw doen. Je praat dan waarschijnlijk over veel TB's die je nodeloos moet uploaden omdat iDrive er niet in voorziet externe disks om te hangen naar een backup van je nieuwe computer. Nou zal je niet iedere week een andere computer aanschaffen, maar het is toch een serieus probleem in het ontwerp

I have been using the Desktop app with the free plan for small configuration files and other stuff. The function and option of the app were ok for me. This summer i get an e-mail that the Free plan will become a 30 day trial in one moth from the email and after that only paid option. Closer to the deadline i noticed they had the Basic free plan still on their site. Contacting support i was informed that they are still evaluation that transition. As you can guessed that e-mail was just an empty threat to make you opt to a paid option as after the first mail i have received another after a month with the same threat. Also when i signed up the free option was 5GB. Nowadays they bumped it to 10gb. But i stil l have 5gb band they refuse to update my quota. I would not trust this company to be a reliable and decent company.

The upload and download speeds are so low, it might have been faster to mail a physical flash drive. Also, the interface is also old-fashioned.

I was reading some of the reviews here, and wondered if it was more user lack of understanding of the process. I have versioning on my backups AND I have multiple computers saved, even when those computers are no longer running. Yes, if you delete that computer, you delete the files from that computer. I have always said that their tutorials/guidance is pretty lame. One reviewer said that he couldn't see whether a file was backed up properly. You can click into the Details on the log. As a best practice, I go in periodically and delete files with ~ in front of them. Those are files saved while open and being worked on, basically a temporary save of a file, so those can overwhelm the storage. And my Trash doesn't empty properly, even after 30 days, but that doesn't count against me. I also like the ability to have a Private Encryption Key, which satisfies a bunch of regulations.