Backing Up Over a Slow Internet Connection

While Managed Backup is optimized for regular and efficient backups, the initial full backup may take a long time, especially if you're backing up large volumes of data over a slow or limited internet connection. For example, uploading terabytes of data can be extremely time-consuming and costly for users with low bandwidth. In such cases, it is often faster and more economical to use a computer with a high-speed internet connection or a physical data transfer service — such as AWS Snowball Edge or Wasabi Ball — to perform the initial full backup. Once the full backup is uploaded to the cloud storage, subsequent backups will be incremental and performed from the original computer, consuming significantly less bandwidth.

Typical Data Seeding Workflow

1. Back up data to an external storage device (initial full backup).
2. Transfer the data from the external device to the target cloud storage using a high-speed environment. Make sure to keep the folder structure created in the backup destination on the external storage device.
3. Synchronize the backup repository to align local metadata with the cloud data.
4. Continue incremental backups from the original computer with the slow internet connection.

For detailed instructions on how to perform data seeding, refer to the Data Seeding section.