Want to perform Synology NAS sync to Google Drive with detailed steps? If so, read this article, you can get 2 convenient and easy-to-operate ways to backup NAS to Google Drive. With clear steps mentioned below, you can operate very well.
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NAS is a dedicated data storage server. It is data-centric, completely separating storage devices from servers and centralizing data management to free up bandwidth, improve performance, reduce total cost of ownership, and protect investments. However, we still find it has the following limitations in use.
Because Google Drive can just solve these problems, people still tend to store data in cloud to a certain extent as a backup.
Here, you will learn 2 ways to sync data from NAS to Google Drive. Here we take Synology NAS as an example.
First of all, we will show you the best free way to sync NAS to Google Drive. Here MultCloud--an online cloud to cloud sync service is recommended to help sync all whole NAS to Google Drive. Although MultCloud is a commercial multiple cloud storage tool, most of its functions are free to use, which is definitely good for free users.
For it "Cloud Sync" function, MultCloud supports 3 main sync modes: Real Time Sync, One-way Sync and Two-way Sync, and One-way Sync includes "Simple Sync", "Mirror Sync", "Move Sync", "Cumulative Sync", "Update Sync", "Incremental Sync", and "Full Backup Sync". For "Cloud Sync" of MultCloud, it has lightning-fast sync speed, thus you no longer have to endure the bandwidth restrictions.
Currently, MultCloud covers more than 30+ leading clouds, including Google Drive, G Suite, Dropbox, Dropbox Business, OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, MEGA, pCloud and protocols like FTP, WebDav. Sure, MultCloud also supports NAS.
In the following part, you will find the detailed steps to sync from NAS to Google Drive.
Step 1. Create one MultCloud account and it’s free of charge.
Step 2. Log in MultCloud and add your NAS account to MultCloud by clicking "Add Cloud"button. And select NAS among cloud providers listed below, click on "Next" button, authorize MultCloud to get access to your NAS account and your NAS account will be added to MultCloud.
Note: As the way to add a NAS account is different from adding a cloud drive, you need to enable FTP server on Synology NAS or enable WebDav service on Synology NAS before adding it.
Step 3. Click on Google Drive to add, and follow the instruction to finish adding your Google Drive to MultCloud. After that, you will see both NAS and Google Drive have been added to MultCloud.
Step 4. Since you want to achieve NAS sync to Google Drive, tap on "Cloud Sync", select your NAS as the source, select Google Drive as the destination, click on "Sync Now" and the process will start.
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Before You Do
When the preparations are ready, you can follow the procedure below to do it.
Step 1. Open Cloud Sync, click "+" in the lower left corner, select Google Drive among many cloud providers, click on the "Next" button, authorize Synology NAS to get access to your Google Drive account.
Step 2. Once your Google Drive has been added to Synology NAS, you can configure your task. Step 3. Once authentication has been successful, fill in the following fields.
Note: Here are 3 options: "Bidirectional", "Download remote changes only" and "Upload local changes only". Since you want to sync data from NAS to Google Drive, here you need to select Upload local changes only option as "Upload local changes only" means that changes only made on NAS will be synced to Google Drive.
Step 4. Click on the "Next" button and confirm your settings. If you think there is no problem with the settings, just click on "Apply".
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Using Synology’s Cloud Sync method to sync data from NAS to Google Drive is very convenience, but Synology’s Cloud Sync method does not support syncing all data in NAS to Google Drive. If there is a demand for this, then it has to be done with MultCloud.
As you can see, whatever method you use, you can sync NAS to Google Drive easily and quickly. If you prefer to use the second way, you may find MultCloud has "Cloud Transfer" and other functions.
For "Cloud Transfer", it can help transfer files from one cloud to another directly without downloading and uploading. If you want to migrate from Dropbox to Google Drive, you can make full use of this feature.
What’s more, you can use other functions in MultCloud to edit file, just like using online Windows Explorer. You can use MultCloud to upload, download, share, copy, or cut files directly without logging in the official website.