Backup To Onedrive

zom247 · 14 Dec 2017 at 10:27

I've got Office 365 and the 1TB storage that comes with it and I also have a Synology NAS. I already backup my NAS to a USB drive and to external disks.

Can I backup the files on my PC straight to Onedrive without them also appearing in my Onedrive folder? If so, what software do people recommend? Free would be nice, I think I have a paid for version of Acronis True Image 2010 but not sure how good it will be after all these years.

Groovemeister · 14 Dec 2017 at 14:23

Backup the PC to the Synology, and use Synology Cloud Sync to send the files to online storage (Available through Package Center, install Cloud Station Server first!). Works a treat. Can use OneDrive, Google Drive etc etc.

zom247 · 14 Dec 2017 at 14:37

Groovemeister said:
Backup the PC to the Synology, and use Synology Cloud Sync to send the files to online storage (Available through Package Center, install Cloud Station Server first!). Works a treat. Can use OneDrive, Google Drive etc etc.

Cheers, what do you use to backup to the NAS? Just looking at Veeam that someone else mentioned.

Groovemeister · 14 Dec 2017 at 14:42

I use mine for backing up virtual machines mainly, so I do use Veeam. You can use anything really, just create a share on the Synology and filesync/Acronis/Veeam/Windows Backup to that folder, and sync that folder to OneDrive.

Edit: Don't forget to turn off sync for that OneDrive folder on your PC, you you'll be downloading the backup files back down to the PC

zom247 · 14 Dec 2017 at 15:47

Groovemeister said:
I use mine for backing up virtual machines mainly, so I do use Veeam. You can use anything really, just create a share on the Synology and filesync/Acronis/Veeam/Windows Backup to that folder, and sync that folder to OneDrive.

Edit: Don't forget to turn off sync for that OneDrive folder on your PC, you you'll be downloading the backup files back down to the PC

I figured that sync option out when my C drive became full!!

Trying Veeam out now and it worked ok and gone across to NAS. However, is there a file size limit you can upload to Onedrive? It's uploaded 2 small files (30-50 MB) but not the main backup one which is 36GB.

Groovemeister · 14 Dec 2017 at 16:12

OneDrive home has I think has a 10GB file size limit, OneDrive Business is 15GB. I don't think you can split the backup files up in Veeam. You could zip/rar them and break them up that way, but its a bit convoluted. Personally I use Google Drive, as you get unlimited storage with G Suite, and there a 3TB file size limit!

zom247 · 14 Dec 2017 at 16:18

Groovemeister said:
OneDrive home has I think has a 10GB file size limit, OneDrive Business is 15GB. I don't think you can split the backup files up in Veeam. You could zip/rar them and break them up that way, but its a bit convoluted. Personally I use Google Drive, as you get unlimited storage with G Suite, and there a 3TB file size limit!

Damn, looks like I'll have to make several backup tasks if I can.

Groovemeister · 14 Dec 2017 at 16:22

Just do a flat file sync to the server, you dont need to backup windows files etc, just worry about your actual data