Cloud to Cloud Backup

The Storage Made Easy Cloud-to-Cloud backup enables the backup of a public or private cloud to another public or private cloud.

You can use it to backup Google Docs files to Amazon S3 for example or to backup a local WebDav Server to RackSpace etc. The combinations are endless.

The aim is to ensure high availability of data with two different data stores be they public or private.

For the purpose of this overview we'll assume we wish to backup Google Docs to the DropBox Cloud

1. Log into the personal business or Cloud File Server account either on the web or the on-premise appliance  
   2. Navigate to the “My DashBoard” link
   3. Choose to add a new Backup provider and choose DropBox

The DropBox OAuth screen will appear an you can sign into DropBox and choose to authorise access

The sync will now be kicked off an you will see the settings screen of the backup provider you just added.

The Google Docs files are backed up to DropBox after the backup completes.

After the initial sync any news files that are uploaded direct to Google Docs via SME are also backed up to DropBox. Any files uploaded direct to Google Docs are uploaded to DropBox when SME discovers them either through you accessing your account if real-time update is enabled or by forcing a refresh between the SME meta-data and Google Docs. You are also able to control whether files are deleted on the backup if they are deleted on the primary from the settings page in step  

Although we used Google Docs to DropBox as an example this is equally applicable to any of the 35 clouds that SME supports, including private data to public clouds or vice-versa.