Recently, we learned that several users of Google Drive have found that several months of files stored in their cloud storage accounts suddenly went missing. It turns out that numerous people were using cloud storage as their only form of storage. This is not safe. The cloud can be used to store data, but like any form of storage, there are inherent risks to your data. Common risks to data on cloud services include, but are not limited to outages, company dissolution, and data mismanagement. To keep data as safe as possible, ASUSTOR recommends you follow the 3-2-1 backup principle.
The 3-2-1 backup principle helps protect data by keeping data backed up with three copies on different types of media, of which two are local and one is in an offsite location. Hedging your protection is also crucial. Choosing different types of media with different risks ensures that the risk of a scalable threat to your data does not materialize. ASUSTOR recommends storing your data on at least one ASUSTOR NAS, with your local backups on MyArchive drives or USB external drives stored safely as an offline copy while also taking advantage of Datasync Center or Cloud Backup Center to keep data on an offsite location. An ASUSTOR NAS’s greatest strength is helping you keep your data not only secure, but conveniently accessible as well by taking the guesswork out of backing up.