Question Can hard drive failure affect cloud storage?

[omaribnghulamrasul]

If a hard drive fails, can it affect files stored in the cloud when syncing was enabled with a folder on the hard drive? Could the hard drive fail in a way that deletes these files from said folder, and hence results in their deletion from the cloud?



More generally, is there anything besides actually logging into the operating system and deleting the files that could result in the deletion of files stored in the cloud when syncing is enabled?

 

[justin.m.beauvais]

Cloud storage should only be effected if you manually delete something from it. The general idea is that it keeps your data safe. If your drive fails you can get things back from the cloud as the cloud storage isn't effected by local storage issues.

Now, most cloud services have redundant systems so that your data will be very safe, but there is always the possibility of failure, corruption, or malicious attack. No data is 100% safe. It is best to have multiple backups such as a cloud backup, a local copy, and a local cold copy like a DVD or external hard drive.

 

[SkyNetRising]

If local file gets corrupted and it is synced to cloud, then obviously file on cloud becomes corrupted as well.