Cloud Operations - ATI for Mac
I have just started working in the Acronis Cloud with ATI for Mac Unlimited and have some questions I would appreciate being clarified. I have been an ATI practitioner since 2010 and enjoy the features available in the Windows version and am just now becoming more familiar with the Mac version.
1. Cloud Seeding - I have read elsewhere in the Acronis documentation that Cloud Seeding is available to avoid the long upload time (measured in days!) to transfer the disc image to the cloud. I understand that seeding involves sending a hard drive to Acronis to allow them to populate the cloud with the initial full backup set. My ISP limits the upload rate to no more than 5 Mbps. Is Cloud seeding available for ATI for Mac, and can you provide the procedures for preparing the hard drive and mailing address?
2. Encryption - What is the default encryption used for the cloud uploads? Are the data files encrypted as they are being uploaded to the cloud? Are the files encrypted on the cloud media? Is a personal/private pass phrase capability available for Cloud operations to provide enhanced security? If so how, is this pass phrase established?
3. Backup updates and maintenance - After the initial full backup, how does ATI Mac maintain updates to the initial backup for files changing on the originating computer, i.e., iMac? Does ATI Mac allow local backups to be performed without conflicting with the Cloud update processing? Can these incremental Cloud updates be scheduled like those for local backup? I would like to interleave local backups and cloud backups.
4. Acronis Cloud Web page - On logging into the page, there is an entry for backups. This grouping lists the only backup I have (called My Mac). This is shown with a size of 2.18 GB. My ongoing transfer of my iMac disk image is about 30% complete with a total size of 344 GB. Why is the stated size on the web page only shown as 2.18 GB rather than the size of the transferred date, approx. 103 GB? Does this ever change to represent the actual size of all files uploaded?
5. Cloud procedures and documentation - Can more descriptive documentation be available for ATI Mac Cloud operations, in a similar depth of understanding to those available for ATI Windows?