When you archive your data to Acronis Cloud, it is similar to an online backup, but there are a number of differences.
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Online backup |
Cloud archiving |
Feature purpose |
Data protection from operating system corruption, hardware failures, and loss of separate files. |
Cleanup of local storage device and moving data to Acronis Cloud. |
Data protection |
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Protection of rarely used and old files, mostly your personal documents, photographs, and so on. |
Source data selection |
Manual selection. |
Manual selection of automatically found files. |
Source data handling |
The source data is kept in the original location. |
The source data is deleted from the original location. This gives you a guarantee that your data will not get into the wrong hands if your hard drive or laptop is stolen. |
Data change frequency |
The data to back up is changed frequently. Usually a backup has many versions updated from time to time. |
The data to archive is changed rarely. The files have few versions. |