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Redundancy for Plus Users
I am wondering if Dropbox keeps duplicates/multiple copies of my files on their servers (for redundancy purposes)?
For instance, if I upload a file, do they save two copies of it (in case one gets corrupted?). Does it make a difference if I have it synced to my hard drive (do they keep fewer copies if it's stored offline on my hard drive?)
Thanks!
(Am a plus user, not business, if that makes a difference)
John M.153 wrote:
Say I upload importantfile.pdf to Dropbox, do they keep one copy of that file on one server and a second copy on a second server (in case their first server crashes?)
That's not how it works, but you can pretty much guarantee that there are redundancies in place. You can't operate a storage operation the size of Dropbox's without having redundancy.
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- Rich
Super User II
John M.153 wrote:
I am wondering if Dropbox keeps duplicates/multiple copies of my files on their servers (for redundancy purposes)?
You have the ability to recover deleted and previous versions files for the last 30 days.
Thank you for the reply Rich , though that's not quite what i meant.
Say I upload importantfile.pdf to Dropbox, do they keep one copy of that file on one server and a second copy on a second server (in case their first server crashes?)
Thanks
- Rich
John M.153 wrote:
Say I upload importantfile.pdf to Dropbox, do they keep one copy of that file on one server and a second copy on a second server (in case their first server crashes?)
That's not how it works, but you can pretty much guarantee that there are redundancies in place. You can't operate a storage operation the size of Dropbox's without having redundancy.
