Backups and requirements for storage

[tj2419]

Hi

 

I am currently looking at our backup procedure.

 

I have to replace it but been given hardly any budget so looking at using backup assist and two QNAP 32TB Nas servers at different ends of the school.

 

First question, are there any legal requirements about storage of data and length of time it needs to be kept that I need to look out for? E.g. with tapes it was easy to archive data as we just did an end of year backup and keep a set of the tapes. We wouldn't be able to do this with the above solution.

 

Second question, is there an easy way to get around 4TB of backups uploaded to google drive or onedrive to take advantage of the free storage on there as a last ditch offsite backup? Have looked at proper cloud backups with azure etc but all outside of our budget. Would be looking to automate the backup once a week or incrementals each night if possible.

 

Have tried the cloud drive sync app for qnap but it freezes when I go back onto it saying 'loading, please wait...' and never loads. It could be something off the original server if that makes things easier or from the QNAP.

 

Cheers