Hi,
I prefer to work in a way that my files get backed up. I been using for quite some time google drive and it kind of works but its not perfect. Especially with big .blend files. I wonder if anyone has been using the Microsoft’s one drive for similar purposes and if its any good or better or worse? I used in the past dropbox and then google drive and I think google drive is slightly better than dropbox. One drive is slightly cheaper than google drive and dropbox so that makes it a bit more attractive. Any experiences?
does it have to be remote?
you could set up a second PC with something like syncthing or nextcloud.
syncing isn’t really a 100% reliable backup solution though. it also syncs corrupted files and so on. 
a real backup solution should be thought of additionally.
I prefer cloud since I can use it to share files as well. I do use P4 at work for the professional stuff and I am aware that Google drive / One drive is not really perfect but just looking for something simple and low cost which can still add extra layer of safety. Adding another machine would be too complicated and expensive.
You’re not saying what the issue is with google drive ?
Google drive kind of works. The main reason I am curious about One Drive is that you get more storage for less money.
Some issues I have with google drive is that it gets slow syncing and loading big files. If there would be a way to set it to sync like once in hour that would be perfect. Another thing is the 2gb storage.
I don’t recommend either. Use Backblaze, you get infinite space for $9 a month, 30 day version history, and their client is wayyyyy less intrusive and memory hungry than either Google Drive or One Drive
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If you’re on Windows you can use SyncBackPro to sync either with external drives or with online services (there is Amazon S3, BackBlaze, Box, Dropbox, Egnyte, Google Drive, Google Storage, hubiC, OneDrive, RackSpace, SugarSync)
I only use it with external drives but it’s flawless in my experience. I can’t speak for the quality of the external cloud services
If you can’t backup your Blender stuff locally (such as on an external hard-drive), then not only are you dependent on the reliability of servers thousands of miles away, but you are also at the mercy of a company’s TOS as well (which can change at any time for any reason and applied retroactively).
I backup onto an external drive that sits next to my machine, total control and an assurance that they will not be lost. Now there is always the possibility of a fire or a destructive weather event, but you can place the drive in a safe for good measure if that is a concern.
A single local drive is barely a backup at all- a local drive should always be coupled with at least one offsite backup
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For best results, keep an off-site backup. Store it at your friend’s or something. Otherwise your backup is just as vulnerable to intrusions/fire/flooding/locusts as your main machine.
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I forgot to mention- Backblaze offers offline E2E encryption on all your files, something neither GDrive or OneDrive will do
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if the files are heavy use dropbox, I had major problem with gdrive.
I was going to say the exact opposite hehe, I think there’s many variables to take into account, but for me personally and also for the team at work Gdrive has been much better than Dropbox 
Also, to answer to @Sorkkaelain I’d say give it a try, because experience may vary from person to person, depending on the type of files you’re using. I also tried One Drive and it was the slowest compared to Dropbox and GDrive
Thanks, I am going to try out Backblaze and OneDrive
I’ve used both, and honestly, they’re about the same. Onedrive has the advantage of being built directly into Windows, and offers a couple of nifty features that GDrive doesn’t have, but they’re otherwise identical.
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Yeah, google drive is fine for small projects, I’ve been using free 15 gb version for years and it’s still have some space left.
I don’t keep big amount of unused textures or references in it though, that’s in separate unsynced “resources” drive. Animation renders or simulation caches are also probably too big for free tier.
Just remember to disable “.blend1” file in preferences to save space, since google drive will provide you with last 100 file versions from last 30 days anyway, that saved me few times when I needed to come back to file version from 2-3 days ago.
I use 2tb pcloud lifetime plan
I had a terrible experience with OneDrive. My account got blocked and all files deleted. Lost almost 5 years of work files, with them saying I was breaking the TOS.
The files in OneDrive were all work related, my personnel files were kept in a separate much smaller Google Drive account.
One drive support took 30 days to reply when I reached out, and said again that I was breaking the TOS. The most generic reply possible.
They never said WHAT exactly was the alleged breach of TOS.
I have since moved entirely to OneDrive by Google.
This huge issue aside, I can say this about both:
OneDrive is much easier to use if you deal with it directly from Windows Explorer. It downloads and uploads much, much faster through Explorer than through the browser, in fact, OneDrive is a pain in the ass to deal if you have to manage your files through your browser. OneDrive is obviously perfectly integrated into windows, and Microsoft will try to push it down your throat every chance they get.
Google Drive can also be integrated to windows if you download their sync software. It works, but is definitely not as responsive as windows.
It will also work with Windows explorer, and I find it a little bit easier to set up, specially if you need to change the drive you want to install the synced folder.
That said, Google Drive is a bit slower and less responsive if you need to download files from a browser.
Google Drive also shares the cloud space with your Gmail and google photos, which might interest you.
Booth of them have file versioning so you’re protected from ransomware.
I hadn’t heard of Backblaze before though, I’ll take a look on that…
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