How to backup google drive to local NAS

[computertechguy]

I have tried a few products and none of them will do the google drive stream. How does one do it?

 

[fencepost]

Since it's the file stream, I assume it's a business gsuite account?

Not sure about going to local storage, but you might take a look at the Cloudberrylab Apps Cloud Backup. It only lists cloud-to-cloud, but local or networked storage might be an option in the software itself.

For that matter, are you able to set it up on at least one system to simply keep all content synced to the local machine, then run your backups on that?

 

[HCHTech]

In File Stream, you can select which content is "made available offline", which means "copied to a local directory on your computer and kept in sync with any changes made to the online content by you or others". So, if you want to back this up to a NAS, you need to select all content and select the "make available offline" option. Since you don't want this for all users, I would dedicate one computer for this task. I don't know what happens for new folders created at the top level, so I would test this out so you know. Maybe put all content under a single top-level folder and then set that single folder as available offline on your backup computer?

This is really no different than the "Backup and Sync" product for the personal version of Google Drive.

 

[Your PCMD]

How to backup google drive to local NAS? That's the opposite of what you should be doing. Back up to NAS, have NAS back up to GD.

 

[fencepost]

It's actually a good idea to have a non-Google-hosted backup - the two nightmare scenarios are something going massively wrong at Google (e.g. fast-moving state-sponsored destructive malware attack) and something going massively wrong at Google (e.g. "We think your YouTube videos about Cyber Protection which you refer to as CP are a reason to lock out all accounts associated with yours, perhaps you should try to find someone who knows someone at Google to try to advocate for you.")

Either way, having things backed up off of that cloud provider could be important.

 

[HCHTech]

It's actually a good idea to have a non-Google-hosted backup

Exactly. If it's your business, you are in charge of making sure some crisis out of your control doesn't nuke your stuff. Backup, Backup and then Backup some more.

 

[fencepost]

Yeah, my fear would be a "cyberwar" targeted attack of something Emotet-like, but developed by a substantial and qualified state-sponsored organization. With variations based on publicly known or exfiltrated information about the hardware and software stacks used at Google, Amazon and Microsoft and purchased or discovered non-exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, something designed for specific cloud vendors could turn really ugly really fast.

Take a look at Kashmir Hill's recent articles on doing without the "big 5" - someone doing that to Amazon would cripple a huge amount of (at least publicly-facing) government websites and services and a ton of other cloud-based services; throw in something hitting Google at the same time and you might have a hard time even finding out what was going on (and taking down a lot of mail services); a third target at Microsoft to kill O365 hosted email would bring even more things to a halt.

Edit: Why yes, I am a lot of fun at parties! As long as they're not in low-lying areas near the coast.

 

[E Bell]

Not sure this is exactly what you are looking for.

Synology with their Active Backup for G Suite app (https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/packages/ActiveBackup-GSuite) has this capability. Even though the screenshot doesn't show it, you can also backup Team folder in G Suite. They have an app for Office365 as well.