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Re: Redundancy for Plus Users

Redundancy for Plus Users

John M.153
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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)

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Rich
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@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
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@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.

 

John M.153
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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
Super User II
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@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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