Item: IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a computer science research group at a university, we rely heavily on large datasets and custom software tools for our work. Losing any of this due to hardware failure or accidental deletion would be disastrous, setting our research back by months or years. To protect against this, we use IDrive to comprehensively back up all of our systems.

Pros and Cons

System-image backup of all computers in our lab. This protects us from hardware failures, ransomware, or accidental system changes.
Linux support
User interface even on the command-line scripts provided.

A GUI for Linux would be welcome.

Most Important Features

Linux support is the primary criteria for us

Return on Investment

IDrive provides comprehensive protection of our irreplaceable research assets while introducing minimal overhead into our workflows.
By safeguarding against data loss scenarios, it gives us confidence to pursue cutting-edge research and compute freely, knowing our work is regularly backed up.

Alternatives Considered

Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and Dropbox

Simpler and more straightforward Linux support.

Key Insights

Do you think IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2's feature set?

Yes

Did IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Dropbox, Notion

Likelihood to Recommend

IDrive provides continuous backup of our most critical research data and software, including source code, experimental results, and pre-trained AI models. We have over 5TB of research data stored across our lab's systems that is backed up nightly to IDrive servers. The incremental backup approach only uploads changed bits, making the process efficient.

We also rely on IDrive for system-image backup of all computers in our lab. This protects us from hardware failures, ransomware, or accidental system changes. With IDrive, we can restore an entire system back to a previous known good state in minutes if needed.

Simple and easy, CLI-based Linux support for multi-device backups

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with IDrive