If you wanted to back up an entire drive, it’s probably better to stick to a local option. During my testing, my connection speed to the Acronis Cloud peaked at 22 Mbps, which meant my 18 GB test backup took upwards of 4 hours to complete, despite my extremely high-speed fiber connection. Local backups are easily scheduled and proceed quickly, but if you want to use the Acronis Cloud, be sure to leave yourself plenty of time for the upload to complete. You can even ‘notarize’ your files with blockchain technology to make sure they haven’t been tampered with, although this is a premium service and I’m not sure just how effective it really is. You can back up to a local device, an Acronis Cloud account, a network device or an FTP site, and you can encrypt your backup for added security.

Setting up scheduled backups is extremely easy, and Acronis allows you to backup your mobile devices and even other cloud storage accounts in addition to your local files. Keeping your data safe is one of the most important jobs that gets regularly overlooked, but Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (formerly Acronis True Image) makes the whole process simple enough that anyone can follow backup best practices.

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