Product Review: Symform Cloud Backup

Interesting product: Symform Cloud Backup.

A couple of months ago, I figured that a product like this had to exist, so I Googled for “peer to peer RAID” and found Symform. According to Forbes, the product was created by two ex-Microsoft software engineers, and it is now owned by Quantum Corporation, a business with a long track record (for tech) and a fairly solid reputation.

I looked over the web page and thought it was interesting, so I decided to try it out. I’ve now been using it for free for a couple months and I have successfully used it to keep files synchronized between two PCs and the cloud, including copying files between the PCs, synchronizing files between PCs, and restoring deleted files.

Here’s how it works: