About cloud to cloud migration

What is cloud to cloud migration? It means migrating data from one cloud service to another cloud service. For example, migrating Dropbox to OneDrive, migrating Google Drive to Dropbox, etc. are specific situations of cloud to cloud migration.

To perform a cloud to cloud migration task, there are many different cloud migration solutions. We will introduce them one by one in the following part. According to your requirements for cloud migration, you can pick the method that suits you best.

Why do you need cloud to cloud migration?

Before getting to know something about cloud to cloud migration tools, let’s talk about why you need to perform a cloud to cloud migration. You may meet one of the situations as follow:

• You want to integrate data between two different cloud drives.
• You need to share data from one cloud drive account to another account.
• You want to improve data security by saving data on multiple clouds.
• You need more cloud features on other cloud drives.

3 ways to create cloud to cloud migration

Generally, there are 3 choices for cloud to cloud migration. Some of them are manual methods, while there is an automatic migration tool as well. If you want to create a large-scale cloud migration, you can go to Way 3 directly, which will save some time for you.

Way 1. Perform cloud to cloud migration by downloading and uploading

A basic cloud to cloud migration strategy is to download and upload data. With such a manual method, you can select certain files or folders to migrate from cloud to cloud. However, if you have a lot of data to migrate, it is not suitable for you because it will cost a lot of time.

OneDrive and Google Drive are the two most popular cloud drive services in the market. Here we take them as examples to show you how to perform cloud to cloud migration:

1. Go to the source cloud's official website. Here is the OneDrive page. And log into your account properly.

2. Click My files on the left panel. Then you can select files or folders that need to be migrated to another cloud, then press the Download button on the top line.

3. After downloading, you will get your files or folders locally. Then go to the Google Drive website to upload them manually.

Way 2. Perform cloud to cloud migration by copying and pasting

Once you have downloaded and installed the desktop client for cloud drive service, you will get a specialized folder on your computer. You can see your files and folders in File Explorer. Thus, you can migrate from cloud to cloud by copying files from the source cloud folder and pasting them into the destination cloud folder. Then these files will be uploaded to the cloud.

Way 3. Perform cloud to cloud migration directly and automatically

In addition to manual methods, we also want to show you an automatic cloud to cloud migration tool - CBackup. If you have many files and folders to migrate between clouds, this way is the best choice.

CBackup is a free cloud backup service. There is a valuable feature called cloud to cloud sync in it. With it, you can migrate data from cloud to cloud without switching to different interfaces. It just requires you to add your cloud drive accounts to CBackup safely. Most mainstream cloud drives are supported like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc.

In addition, you can set up a scheduler for the cloud to cloud migration task. Then CBackup will perform your tasks with the selected frequency automatically.

Now, let’s see how to create a cloud to cloud migration task using the cloud to cloud sync feature in CBackup. Here we take migrating data from OneDrive to Google Drive as an example.

1. Go to the CBackup page. Sign up for a CBackup account and log into it.

2. Click on the My Storage tab, and then press the + Add Cloud button to add your OneDrive and Google Drive accounts to CBackup in turn.

2. Go to select the Sync Tasks section, and then press the New Task button to create a new cloud to cloud migration task.

3. Next, press the Add Source button to choose files from your OneDrive account, and press the Add Destination button to choose Google Drive as the destination.

4. After the above, click on the Start Sync button to begin the cloud to cloud migration task right now.

★ Notes: You can enjoy many other useful features in CBackup for free.

Combine cloud storage: If you have insufficient cloud storage to save your data on the cloud, you can merge different cloud storage accounts into a combined cloud for cloud backup large files.

Free cloud storage: If you create a new CBackup account, you will be given 10GB of cloud storage in CBackup Cloud. You are allowed to back up files to it directly.

Tip: Operate cloud to cloud backup with ease

If you want to use a cloud file transfer service to protect your files better, creating backups of your files is a safer method. Once you back up data to another cloud, your data will not get lost even though the source data has gone.

To back up files from cloud to cloud, you can download and install the CBackup desktop client on your computer. The cloud to cloud backup feature will help you a lot. Here is an easy guideline to back up data from OneDrive to Google Drive.

1. Log into your CBackup account. Add your OneDrive and Google Drive accounts in the Storage tab likewise.

2. Click on the Backup tab and click the Backup Public Cloud to Public Cloud option.

3. Add cloud files from your OneDrive account as the backup source. Then select the Google Drive account as the backup destination. Finally, click the Start Backup button to start the task.

To sum up

We have introduced 3 common methods for cloud to cloud migration in this post. In addition, we also show you how to perform a cloud to cloud backup task. If you want to migrate data easily and quickly, the cloud migration service provider CBackup is a good choice for you.