How reliable a backup to the cloud is?
If I’ve understood correctly, a backup to the cloud entails a full backup of all data selected and then only incremental backups. Since full backups aren’t done after the first one, I wonder how reliable a backup to the cloud is. Shouldn’t a full backup be done every once in a while to decrease the chance of problems caused by a corrupted incremental backup?


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Thx for the reply! Acronis cloud backup is not the only backup method I use! Can you say a bit more about how the risk of corrupted incremental backups in the cloud is far less than with local backup chains? And is there a way to validate my cloud backups like I can do with my local ones?
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Leo, there is no validate option for Cloud storage data because this is not held in the same format (.tib / .tibx files) as local backup images, so the key aspects of data integrity are focused in the transfer of data when it is being uploaded / downloaded.
I have not heard of anyone reporting corruption of cloud backup data but I would expect that Acronis employ strong data protection measures for their servers that would provide for recovery of all data should that ever become necessary.
Take a read of the information in the following links which may help you further.
Acronis article: Cloud Backup for Photographers
Acronis webpage: Cloud Storage - which has further links for FAQ's and data sheet information (this comes from the business side of Acronis products but should apply equally to all Cloud provision from Acronis).
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+ about security 14188: Acronis Cloud security and privacy
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