When you upload to the Cloud Drive, you can only download the latest file that was uploaded. This is further encouraged by Amazon’s Cloud Player, which enables the streaming of MP3 files.įinally, the last point fails as well. Point number four fails – files in the Cloud Drive, especially MP3 files, are used for much more than restoration during data loss. The third point is satisfied, as with the nature of a Cloud Drive, the data is off site.
What’s worse, you can only do this through a browser at this point. However, the second point fails – with the Amazon Cloud Drive, you must manually upload files. The first point passes – the backup does reside on a different computer than the original data. So, where does Amazon’s Cloud Drive fail? Backups must allow for recovery at a specific point in time.Backups are to be used for the restoration of data, and nothing else.At some point, the backup must be moved off site.Backup management is done by an application (as the manual process of sorting thousands of files is unwieldy).A backup resides on a different device than the original data.To explain this, we need to answer, “What is a Backup?” But let’s be clear:Īmazon’s Cloud Drive is NOT Online Backup Why not? With Amazon’s recent announcement of a Cloud Drive, many people are talking about it for online backup. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I have been, or can be if you click on a link and make a purchase, compensated via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value for writing this post.
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