Synology releases BeeDrive personal backup hub
Synology has announced the BeeDrive, a compact data hub that backs up personal files and photos from a computer, phone, and tablet simultaneously.
According to the company, in less than three minutes of setup, any PC user can start protecting their files with BeeDrive at fast local transfer speeds, while ensuring complete data privacy and ownership.
"Every one of us is generating an unprecedented amount of data on various personal devices today," said David Hu, product manager at Synology.
"Internet upload speeds never caught up with the explosive growth in personal data, making it increasingly slower and more costly to store all our files in the cloud, especially if we just want to back up or archive old files elsewhere or exchange files between our personal devices," Hu said. "This is why we want to offer a local, private alternative."
"With BeeDrive, we hope to bring Synology's expertise in backup technologies to a larger group of users — many of whom are perfectly computer-literate, but have neither the time or the networking knowledge to host a server that runs 24/7 just for backup," Hu added.
Once plugged into a PC, users can select which folders they want to protect. BeeDrive automatically backs up all changes in those folders in real time, providing a better recovery point objective (RPO) than scheduled hourly backups. Backup files are stored on BeeDrive in the same format as they are on PC.
In case of a computer failure, users can connect BeeDrive to another computer and access their files right away, without having to install any software and go through a time-consuming recovery process.
BeeDrive also backs up photos and videos from iOS and Android devices over Wi-Fi, so phones and tablets are protected at the same time.
According to Synology, BeeDrive can be up to 11 times faster than backing up large files to the cloud from a PC, and six times faster than doing so from mobile devices.
The Beedrop also allows users to wirelessly send mobile-generated content from iOS and Android devices to BeeDrive. The files become immediately accessible on PC — no more uploading to and downloading from the cloud.
Availability
BeeDrive is available in 1TB and 2TB capacity from mid-June for Windows, iOS, and Android. Pricing starts at $224 for the 1TB version and $377 for the 2TB.
For more details, visit https://bee.synology.com.