{"id":172,"date":"2016-04-01T08:37:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T08:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zoolz.com\/?p=172"},"modified":"2024-02-11T13:07:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T13:07:15","slug":"external-internal-drives-time-to-move-them-to-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zoolz.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/01\/external-internal-drives-time-to-move-them-to-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"External And Internal Drives: Time To Move Them To The Cloud!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s face it; there isn&#8217;t anyone that doesn&#8217;t love having constant access to data no matter where they are. For anyone living in this fast paced life that we\u2019re leading, changing location constantly from work to leisure, it\u2019s inevitable to lose track of your data at some point or another. So just take a moment to think about this concept; what if you never have to worry about where your files actually are because they can be at your access at any given moment? Yes, it can be that simple, no worries, no trouble, just access and instant access that is.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of years ago, USB thumb drives solved this issue for a while. However, with more data piling up, it was troublesome not to be able to carry all the necessary documents with you all the time. Internal drives were amazing to store everything you wanted however they were not portable. External hard drives emerged and got quite the attention, and they did offer a compelling solution for a little while, but carrying them around was really burdening especially if you are a frequent flier and need every extra pound.<\/p>\n<p>So you\u2019re probably asking yourself: \u201cif hard drives are dead, and USB is obsolete, then what is left for actual users like me?\u201d the answer is simple, it\u2019s time to look at the cloud for more than a weather forecast.<\/p>\n<p>They say no guts no glory, right? Well, you\u2019ll have to have guts to move to the cloud but once you\u2019re there, you will not settle for anything else. Given, of course, you choose the suitable cloud solution to fit your needs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud3.zoolz.com\/Signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoolz<\/a> is the very first cloud backup to adopt Cold Storage Technology to securely backup, archive and safe keep huge amounts of data to the cloud for a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>Need more convincing? Check out these 4 points:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0\u00a0 Security<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Security is most certainly of utmost importance to anyone; that\u2019s the whole point of backing up and storing data. With external hard drives, any simple mistake can lead to their loss or damage and thus exposing your data, leaving you outraged and broken-hearted. That\u2019s why strong encryption is needed. With Zoolz, each and every file is encrypted using military level AES encryption of files before leaving the computer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0\u00a0 Simple and easy to use<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s as simple as it gets. No more worries about which files are on the external drive and which aren\u2019t; simply step outside your house knowing everything you might or would need is available at your disposal anytime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0\u00a0 File versioning &amp; deduplication<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With external hard drives you are missing out on very important features that are easily offered by the cloud, or specifically, by Zoolz. One thing that springs to mind is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.zoolz.com\/index.php\/2013\/05\/does-zoolz-support-incremental-backups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">file\u00a0versioning<\/a>. For example, if you\u00a0accidentally saved a file and overwrite critical lines, you can simply go back and restore a previous version from last week. Even if you delete files from your machine, Zoolz will keep a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.zoolz.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/does-zoolz-keep-backups-of-my-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">backup<\/a>\u00a0of them and allow you to restore them anytime you want. Now, show us an external hard drive that does that!<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a0\u00a0 Flexible storage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cloud storage solutions such as Zoolz allow you to just pay for what you really need.\u00a0 Where it\u2019s 100 GB or 2TB of storage, you\u2019ll find a plan to suit your needs. Or better yet, you have the freedom to adopt a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoolz.com\/cloud-storage-for-business\/zoolz\/plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cpay as you go\u201d<\/a>\u00a0kind of attitude. If you buy an external drive, you\u2019ll have to think ahead of exactly how much storage you\u2019ll need in the future so as not to buy too much or buy too little that can be impossible at times!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>The time is now to move to the cloud!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to see that external hard drives are a thing of the past. Their disadvantages outweigh their advantages and yet many people are still avidly using them with the argument they are \u201cmore secure\u201d when in fact they are not. So bear that in mind next time you convince yourself with a hard drive over a cloud solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s face it; there isn&#8217;t anyone that doesn&#8217;t love having constant access to data no matter where they are. For anyone living in this fast paced life that we\u2019re leading, changing location constantly from work to leisure, it\u2019s inevitable to lose track of your data at some point or another&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[51,30,19,47,50,48,46,49,28],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-benefits-of-moving-to-the-cloud","tag-cloud-backup","tag-cloud-software","tag-external-hard-drive","tag-hard-drives","tag-internal-hard-drive","tag-it","tag-online-backup","tag-usb"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zoolz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zoolz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zoolz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zoolz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zoolz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zoolz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12785,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zoolz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions\/12785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zoolz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zoolz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zoolz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zoolz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}