Hi All,

We currently use Druva Insync for our data backup. I’ve been tasked to do a feasibility study on migrating over to Onedrive.

I’d really appreciate any input.
Has anyone done anything similar?

Apart from the massive cost saving, what technical challenges can be expected?

What will be the pros and cons?

Is there a tool to move current data from Druva Insync to Onedrive to make the process of migration run smooth.

Thank you.

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OneDrive isn’t a backup system, it’s cloud storage not designed for backups.

You still need to backup data in OneDrive.

They serve two different purposes.

what do you mean by ‘backup’?
what data?

onedrive can be used for:
An individual users own data files (that they can optionally share with others). It will keep 500 upto versions and 30 days history - so it is a valid form of backup of a personal computer.
to sync shared libraries (sharepoint/teams)

It is not used for:
‘file shares’ - use a team or sharepoint library.

Note that Office/M365 has not default ‘backup’. Microsoft don’t guarantee not to loose your data - you need to back it up. M365 does now offer a backup option and you can choose where this is stored. This will protect against deletion/ransomware etc. however additional backup to a different region etc should be made for the equivalent of offsite/offline.
Or use a third party backup solution.

OneDrive isn’t a true endpoint back up solution like Druva, so you may lose some features like full system restores.

Ther’s also no direct migration path so you’d likely need to export from Druva and use third party tools like CloudFuze. To ensure that all file links remain intact during the migration, consider using LinkFixer Advanced.

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