HiDrive Cloud Storage

The longer we own a device, the quicker we run out of storage for all sorts of media, such as photos, videos, music and documents. However, as devices can sometimes become damaged, lost, or even break down, cloud storage for personal use is a fantastic way to ensure all that precious data is saved in the cloud. This data can be accessed at any time from any device and you can continually add your holiday photos, video files, documents and mp3s in your day-to-day life. You can feel secure that even if something bad happens to your laptop or smartphone, all your important media is stored in HiDrive.

For businesses, it’s especially important to keep your files safe when working on a major project, for example. Whether it’s high-resolution digital assets, PDF files, PowerPoint presentations, or complex spreadsheets, you don’t have to worry about losing any of this valuable data when it’s all backed up in the cloud with HiDrive. If your team shares an account, the online storage of photos can be shared with the right employees across the world. There’s no longer any need to send large ZIP files to each other via email. Team members can work on a project at the same time and even add more photos and videos to ensure that all online storage of files is kept up-to-date and secure.

HiDrive cloud storage works on several different devices and operating systems. It is possible to use HiDrive as a storage app, desktop software or directly in your web browser. Your stored data can be accessed by you on the online server whenever and wherever you need it, and across many different devices – from home, work or on the go. Here's a quick overview of HiDrive cloud storage availability on different devices:

• Apps: the HiDrive storage app is available for iOS and Android. For iOS, version 9.3 or newer is needed, as this version and onwards has updated security features. The iOS app is compatible with iPhone and iPad.
• Desktop: the desktop software for HiDrive cloud storage is compatible with Windows operating systems (Vista and newer). HiDrive software is also available for MacOS. Easily sync your files from your desktop to the cloud.
• Web browser: you can also access everything you've backed up on a web browser when you don't have your mobile device or computer at hand. If you're working with an important client and your laptop or desktop computer fails, the web browser provides the ideal solution.

With HiDrive, you will be able to save all file types, without any exceptions. Whether it's Word or Excel documents, PDFs, video or XML files, various types of image file, or Photoshop and PSD files, HiDrive can store all of them, as well as many other formats. This means that you can use different programs, even on different operating systems and devices, and still store them all in the same place for secure, easy access whenever and wherever you need.

Storing large files is no problem with HiDrive. There is no set limit for file sizes – depending on your storage plan, you may have more space. The only actual restriction on possible space is the technically determined limits, but these are really very seldom reached. For example, if you have an Adobe Premiere Video project that you want to back up that is 10 GB, or even bigger, HiDrive can back up this large file without any problems. Extraordinarily large Photoshop files can also be uploaded, saved and shared on the online file server. This makes HiDrive one of the best cloud storage options, with the possibility to expand when you reach your file limit.

There is also no limit on the number of files and folders you can upload and save on the cloud storage. There are of course some technical limits, but these are, again, hard to reach and exceed. Furthermore, it is possible to store thousands of login files in one folder, meaning organising and managing your online file storage is easy and workable.

It's very simple to integrate HiDrive into your current infrastructure. The Pro package makes it particularly straightforward because so many protocols are supported. If you use Windows operating system, automatic software distribution services like Baramundi are also supported, and can be configured for a proxy infrastructure.

The following protocols are available in HiDrive Pro:

• (S)FTP/FTPS: fast data transfer with an option to pause and resume
• WebDAV: folder integration on HTTP-basis
• SMB/CIFS drive integration into your operating system
• rSync: the standard for data synchronisation
• SCP: secure data transmission via SSH
• Git: secure Git repository for developers

There is a current technical limitation of 10 devices per operating system per account. Simply put: 10 Android, 10 Windows, and 10 iOS devices are allowed per account. This makes it one of the cheaper cloud storage options, because it allows for so many devices on one plan. Note that if you register an 11th Windows device, for example, the first one on the list is removed. So it depends on your personal needs – but it is of course possible to register all your devices!

If you wish, you can allow each of your users to back up 5 computers and 3 mobile devices using just one account – HiDrive is one of the best cloud storage providers due to its flexibility, and the fact that it offers highly secure smartphone backups, as well as PC and laptop backups, meaning that you can store all your data securely, whether for personal or professional purposes.

Cloud storage works with every kind of internet connection. Whether you have WiFi or LAN internet, you'll be able to carry out an online backup onto a cloud storage provider without any problems. If you're planning to back up large video files, for example, a quicker internet connection is better. Lots of big image files will also take longer to upload, regardless of internet connection, but of course a slow connection will take longer. If you're also using the cloud storage for multiple devices at the same time, a reliable and fast internet connection will mean your cloud storage will work better.

In short, cloud storage works with all internet connections, but your usage will determine the internet connection speed you'll require.

This is an important question. Data privacy is paramount, and because of this, HiDrive offers secure data transfer through SSL256, and AES128 encrypted data storage. These measures are taken to ensure that your data is uploaded, transferred and stored to a professional level of security to add protection against cyber criminals, for example. Cloud storage is much safer than having a local backup.

On top of this, each user has their own private folders, as well as the public folders for each user on the HiDrive package. This ensures that there is not only a high level of security in terms of the stored data, but also enough privacy for each user so they can manage their own projects and files. Furthermore, it means that each user has the potential to keep sensitive information, such as employee details, in their own private folders and that files which everyone needs can be accessed by all.