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How is Puerto Rico Data Storage different from other online storage and backup providers?

If you're in the market for online storage or backup you've probably noticed there are a lot of services out there. Puerto Rico Data Storage has a unique approach to online storage that a lot of people like.

Puerto Rico Data Storage is more than just backup

Most online backup services can only be used for basic backup. You select the files you want to backup and if you need to restore, you use their proprietary software or web page to select the files to restore, often waiting several minutes or hours before you can access your files.

Puerto Rico Data Storage has a great automatic backup system, and can easily be used for basic data backup, but Puerto Rico Data Storage also gives you a complete network drive that you can use from multiple machines - like an unlimited size USB drive that you can connect to from anywhere. The exclusive caching features in Puerto Rico Data Storage make it so that using your network drive is as fast as a local drive, and you don't need to constantly transfer data from the server.

This also allows you to use your favorite 3rd party backup tool such as ChronoSync, SyncBack, or rsync to manage your data if you prefer - something no other online backup service offers.

No restrictions on what or how much you backup

Other online backup services place restrictions on what type of files you can backup or how much data you can backup in a period of time. In some cases you may not be able to backup your program files, large media, or system files. Even services that offer "unlimited" backup typically have restrictions on "reasonable" usage or reserve the right to terminate your service at any time with no reason. With Puerto Rico Data Storage, your storage truly is unlimited. 

One price, no matter how many computers you have

A single Puerto Rico Data Storage license can be used across an unlimited number of computers. Other online backup services make you pay monthly for each computer you want to backup, even if you're only backing up a small number of files from each computer. With Puerto Rico Data Storage you only pay for the actual storage you're using across all of the machines running Puerto Rico Data Storage.

Use Puerto Rico Data Storage for backup, archival, or both

The backup features offered by many popular services will only backup data on your local drives, and if you delete the data they will remove it from your backup automatically (typically after 30-60 days). This means that you can't archive your files to the service to free up local space. Got a bunch of old movies you'd like to keep but are filling your drive? Or a directory with old documents you'd like to clean up, but keep copies just in case? With Puerto Rico Data Storage you can safely archive your data and have access to it anytime you need it in the future.

Puerto Rico Data Storage supports Mac, Windows, and Linux

The Puerto Rico Data Storage software is cross platform, which is important even if you only use one operating system today. Your data may live online for years, and it's important that you be able to access it from any future platform as well. You'll also find that the Mac and Linux versions are not "second class citizens", as with other backup services. We support the same feature set across all three versions and release upgrades simultaneously. We've even done additional work to ensure that platform specific features such as resource forks and finder data work like you'd expect.

Your data is YOUR data

Puerto Rico Data Storage is the only online storage service where the application is de-coupled from the storage and you "own" your own data. You can choose a custom encryption key so that all of your data is encrypted before it leaves your computer, and stays encrypted while stored. To further re-enforce the idea that you are in control of your data, we have made available open source code that can be used to browse and download your data without even using Puerto Rico Data Storage.

Puerto Rico Data Storage is backed by DataViking

DataViking, based in Las Vegas, Nevada is a leader in managed hosting. With DataViking's leadership in the cloud computing space, combined with their commitment to customer service, they help to ensure the long-term success of the Puerto Rico Data Storage software and services.

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