Selecting a data center for backup

Location: Options > Advanced > Data center

This option is only available for online backup.

When you create a backup to Acronis Cloud, your data is uploaded to one of the Acronis data centers located in different countries. Initially, the data center is defined as the one closest to your location when you create your Acronis account. Afterwards, your online backups and synced files are stored in the same data center, by default.

We recommend that you set the data center for a backup manually, when you are in a different country and your default data center is not the closest to your current location. This will significantly increase the data upload rate.

Note: You cannot change the data center for a pre-existing backup.

To select a data center:

1. On the Online Backup Options screen, click Advanced, and then click Data center.
2. Select the country that is closest to your current location.