Possible to use just cloud storage with your own encryption?

[pcslookout]

I hate how you need to use hard drive or ssd space to use encryption. Like for example I need a 8 tb drive to store 8 tb of data on the cloud 🙁

 

[sdifox]

They have to make sure you are not using their storage as dumping ground. I don't see why you can't encrypt your file and for it to still be backed up.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Which cloud requires that? Just encrypt a folder with WinRAR using a strong password and upload that.

 

[mikeymikec]

I hate how you need to use hard drive or ssd space to use encryption. Like for example I need a 8 tb drive to store 8 tb of data on the cloud 🙁

If you don't need everyday access to all of that 8TB of data, and assuming of course I'm understanding the situation correctly, why not have multiple encrypted file containers? It would also cut down on unnecessary data uploading (ie. re-uploading an entire 8TB file container because you made a few KB's worth of changes).

With my own backup systems, I have a generic backup that backs up everything but I also have compartmentalised backups to target specific bits of data (e.g. essentials, archive, camera), and if I was going away for a short while then the only backup I strictly speaking need is the 'essentials' collection. Even that 'essentials' collection is compartmentalised and really I'd just need my Documents folder which is about 150MB zipped IIRC.

 

[sdifox]

Which cloud requires that? Just encrypt a folder with WinRAR using a strong password and upload that.

He is talking about online backup service like BackBlaze and not like Google Drive.

 

[igor_kavinski]

He is talking about online backup service like BackBlaze and not like Google Drive.

BackBlaze doesn't have a limit AFAIK. Curious which service requires an exact amount of storage space as the whole encrypted drive space rather than the actual amount of data.

 

[sdifox]

BackBlaze doesn't have a limit AFAIK. Curious which service requires an exact amount of storage space as the whole encrypted drive space rather than the actual amount of data.

Not limit in terms of capacity, rather, you cannot upload a file than delete from your local drive. They scan to check just to make sure you are using their space as backup of a local file and not a cloud file dump.

 

[igor_kavinski]

They scan to check just to make sure you are using their space as backup of a local file and not a cloud file dump.

I don't have experience with their service but if they actually read every single byte for verifying rather than comparing the filename/hash, that would be a LOT of bandwidth wasted.

 

[sdifox]

I don't have experience with their service but if they actually read every single byte for verifying rather than comparing the filename/hash, that would be a LOT of bandwidth wasted.

I am sure it's a hashcheck, as part of the monitoring for auto backup.