{"id":15923,"date":"2023-12-06T09:20:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T08:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wedoback.net\/dont-confuse-storage-with-online-backup\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:20:32","slug":"dont-confuse-storage-with-online-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eu.wedoback.com\/en\/blog\/2023\/12\/06\/dont-confuse-storage-with-online-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t confuse storage with online backup"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15923\" class=\"elementor elementor-15923 elementor-7125\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-014f04a e-con-full wdb-g e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"014f04a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1a12c0 e-con-full wdb-g-hero e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b1a12c0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab32844 e-con-full wdb-g-hero-in wdb-g-hero-split e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab32844\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-887965b e-con-full wdb-g-hero-txt e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"887965b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01bb1ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01bb1ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wdb-g-crumb\"><a href=\"\/en\/\">Home<\/a><span>\u203a<\/span><a href=\"\/en\/blog\/\">Blog<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wdb-g-pill\" style=\"--pill:#01adb9\">Backup<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed8a464 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed8a464\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Don\u2019t confuse storage with online backup<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71e6951 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71e6951\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wdb-g-lead\">Unlike online storage, online backup is not meant to free up storage space on your computer. Instead, it makes a copy of your computer\u2019s content, which can then be restored to the location of your choice (on a new computer, for example). It is not archiving!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-584f2c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"584f2c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wdb-g-meta\"><span>Published on <b>December 6, 2023<\/b><\/span><span><b>2 min<\/b> read<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5547756 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5547756\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wdb-g-hero-img\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Sauvegarde-2-scaled.jpeg\" width=\"380\" height=\"280\" alt=\"Online backup of a computer\u2019s data\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84bd6c3 e-con-full wdb-g-body e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"84bd6c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58eb0ec e-con-full wdb-g-grid e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58eb0ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a9c014 e-con-full wdb-g-article e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9a9c014\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bf8dd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bf8dd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wdb-g-key\"><h2>Key takeaways<\/h2><ul><li>Online backup makes a copy of your data that can be restored wherever you want.<\/li><li>It protects your data against loss, theft, viruses and handling errors.<\/li><li>It lets you go back to previous versions and encrypts both the data and its transfers.<\/li><li>Online storage, by contrast, is used to synchronize and share data: it is a collaboration tool.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e59b03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e59b03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Protecting your data against the unexpected<\/h2><p>The primary purpose of online backup is therefore to protect your data against unexpected events such as:<\/p><ul><li>the loss of your computer or a hard drive crash;<\/li><li>the theft of your computer, a virus or a hack resulting in data loss;<\/li><li>a handling error leading to the deletion of key files.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89abc29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89abc29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>With online backup<\/h2><p>Data can be duplicated several times, at different points in time.<\/p><p>This process makes it possible to go back to previous backup versions. Backup software applies two types of limits: time-based (all versions within a defined time interval are kept) or count-based (a defined number of versions is kept).<\/p><p>In addition, online backup encrypts both the data and its transfers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d681cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d681cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wdb-g-brand\"><h2>Restoring previous versions with WeDoBack<\/h2><p>With WeDoBack, you can go back to previous versions within the retention period included in your plan.<\/p><p>For example, if your plan includes N days of retention, you can restore older backups from within those N days.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d57b696 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d57b696\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>What about online storage?<\/h2><blockquote><p>Online storage, on the other hand, helps synchronize data between the devices and computers used frequently throughout the day. It is a collaboration tool, an archiving space that allows data to be shared simultaneously.<\/p><\/blockquote><figure class=\"wdb-f\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Comparison: online backup copies and protects your data, online storage synchronizes and shares it\"><figcaption class=\"wdb-f-title\">Online backup or online storage: two different uses<\/figcaption><div class=\"wdb-f-cols\"><div class=\"wdb-f-col\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M32 6l20 8v14c0 13-9 24-20 30C21 52 12 41 12 28V14z\" fill=\"#e6f6f7\" stroke=\"#027466\" stroke-width=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M23 31l6 6 12-13\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#01adb9\" stroke-width=\"3\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><p><strong>Online backup<\/strong>: a restorable copy of your data, previous versions, encrypted data and transfers<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wdb-f-col\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M18 44h28a10 10 0 0 0 0-20 14 14 0 0 0-27-3 11 11 0 0 0-1 23z\" fill=\"#fff\" stroke=\"#027466\" stroke-width=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M24 34h16M36 30l4 4-4 4M40 52H24M28 48l-4 4 4 4\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#01adb9\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><p><strong>Online storage<\/strong>: synchronization across devices and simultaneous data sharing, a collaboration tool<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-516b8e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"516b8e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Further reading<\/h2><div class=\"wdb-g-related\"><a href=\"\/en\/backup\/\"><small>Our solutions<\/small>WeDoBack backup<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/immutable-backup\/\"><small>Our solutions<\/small>Immutable backup<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/benefits\/\"><small>WeDoBack<\/small>WeDoBack benefits<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/offers-and-prices\/\"><small>Pricing<\/small>Offers and pricing<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48f6189 e-con-full wdb-g-aside e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48f6189\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-595ca67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"595ca67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"wdb-g-toc\" aria-label=\"Table of contents\"><p>On this page<\/p><ol><\/ol><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0c24f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0c24f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wdb-g-card\"><h3>Planning a backup, DRP or BCP project?<\/h3><p>More than 20 years of experience protecting business data.<\/p><a class=\"wdb-g-btn wdb-g-btn-primary\" href=\"\/en\/quotation\/\">Request a quote<\/a><a class=\"wdb-g-tel\" href=\"tel:+33972507828\">+33 9 72 50 78 28<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f1e71f e-con-full wdb-g-cta e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f1e71f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f83b451 e-con-full wdb-g-cta-in e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f83b451\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e3334 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44e3334\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Protect your data with WeDoBack<\/h2><p>Encrypted offsite backup, immutable storage, DRP and BCP: tell us about your servers and we will recommend the right combination.<\/p><div class=\"wdb-g-btns\"><a class=\"wdb-g-btn wdb-g-btn-primary\" href=\"\/en\/quotation\/\">Request a quote<\/a><a class=\"wdb-g-btn wdb-g-btn-ghost\" href=\"\/en\/offers-and-prices\/\">See offers and prices<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online backup or online storage: restorable copies and versions on one side, sync and sharing on the other. 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