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FAQ: What is the Difference Between Storage and Backup?
Summary:
What is the difference between storage and backup?
This article applies to:
| Carbonite Plans | Products | Platforms |
| Basic, Plus, Prime, Core, Power, and Ultimate (Not sure?) | Safe, Safe Pro, and Carbonite Safe Server Backup (Not sure?) | Windows and Mac |
Solution:
Cloud storage makes it easier for you to access, edit, and collaborate with your files. Backup allows you to restore data as it was in the event of data loss. While both have great benefits, they perform differently in many ways and it is important to understand their differences.
Please review the details regarding the differences of backup vs storage in the table below.
| Cloud Storage | Carbonite Backup | |
|---|---|---|
| File Versioning | Some | Yes |
| Schema/Structure Restore* | No | Yes |
| Vulnerable to Ransomware | Yes | No |
| File Storage | Yes | No |
| Anywhere Access | Yes | Yes |
| Collaboration/Share Features | Yes | No |
| Email Backup | No | Yes |
| File Sync | Yes | No |
| Strong Data Encryption | No | Yes |
| Designed to Store Files | Yes | No |
| Designed to Restore Files | No | Yes |
| Includes File Retention Limits** | No | Yes |
| Automated File Restore for Data Recovery | No | Yes |
| Destructive Restores*** | Some | No |
* Schema/Structure restore is referring to the file directory and folder infrastructure of a hard drive
** Carbonite keeps what you keep and deletes what you delete, that way when you restore, you only bring back the data as it was on your system at the time of data loss or system failure.
- Safe Backup Plan Retention = 30 Days
- Safe Backup Pro Plan Retention = 60 Days
- Server Plan Retention = User Defined
*** A Destructive Restore can be compared to a rollback, it restores data and overwrites the data to exactly as it was on that date losing anything that has occurred afterwards.
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