Google - Restoring Data Help

[gaz003]

We are currently in the process of testing google Drive (before rolling out to schools)

 

If a user has deleted from my drive / shared drive - Is there a easy way to restore the data. If the files/folders are deleted from trash again is there an easy way to restore the data?

We are a little worried we move from local storage to cloud and then are unable to recover files deleted

 

any help and advice is greatly appreciated

[TwistedHelixis]

Do you have Google Vault? Although vault is not designed as a backup restore, you do have access to the files and can also set how long files should be kept.

 

Another option is backing up the files. Cubebackup is very cheap and will backup emails, files etc onto a local pc, or there are a few cloud to cloud backup vendors.

[rogerdnixon]

In the admin console - go to a user, click more, then restore data. This will restore anything they have deleted out of their bin within a specified time frame as long as its within 25 days. IF they have "lost" something, you can use Vault to find is as long as they give you something to search for.

The reality is that I've not used the restore feature in a very long time as most users don't ever look in their bin (or know it exists), let alone every deletes it from their bin and we have 10000+ users. Finding things they have "lost" (i.e. forgotten what folder they put a file in) is a bit more common.

[gaz003]

If you enter a date range it just restores everything. what if they deleted 20 files and just wanted to recover 1??