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#24428 Backing up to Google Drive

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Latest post by on Saturday, 12 March 2016 17:20 CST

user67910
I saw in the comparison chart there is a possibility to backup to Google Drive, but didn't find documentation on how to do it.
Read before submitting this ticket, tickets from 2012-2014 in which you recommend not to do it for various reasons.
1) Are these recommendations still valid?
2) If yes and if I nevertheless want to backup to Google Drive, how I do it?

NOTE: The troubleshooter page I mentioned is irrelevant, only filled it because it was compulsory. The topic is not covered in the Trouiblesghooting

Thank you

dlb
Google does not provide a public API that would allow us to write directly to Google Drive. Until Google provides a programming interface, we will not be able to use Google Drive as a post processing destination.


Dale L. Brackin
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user67910
So why did you include it in the comparison chart? It was one of the main reasons I signed up with the Pro plan

dlb
Google Storage and Google Drive are not the same thing.

https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/overview


Dale L. Brackin
Support Specialist


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My time zone is EST (UTC -5) (click here to see my current time in Philadelphia, PA)

user67910
Got you. Then Google Storage is the equivalent of AWS? I apologize for mixing.
Found it now under Post processing engine, thank you.

dlb
I'm sorry, I don't know enough to give you an answer to that. I have never used Google Storage, I have used AWS.


Dale L. Brackin
Support Specialist


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