Automated backup of critical files

Purpose

1.1. Automate the backup of mission-critical files to protect data integrity and enable automated disaster recovery, regulatory compliance, and archiving for professional information management.
1.2. Automating file backups ensures continuous and scheduled replication of files, versioning, and retention to mitigate loss by automating archiving flows and retrieval.
1.3. It automates capturing new, updated, or deleted files across business repositories, automatable for both on-premises and cloud environments.
1.4. Automated backup centralizes management, automates audit trails, and facilitates automated long-term retention for archiving requirements.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New file upload detected in a monitored directory.
2.2. Periodic schedule (e.g., hourly/daily/weekly automated triggers).
2.3. Modification or deletion event by user or system.
2.4. Automated backup on system shutdown, application exit, or user logoff.
2.5. Threshold triggers by storage quota or file age.

Platform Variants

3.1. Google Drive
• API: Files→create and Files→update.
• Sample: Automate creating a Drive file backup to a specific folder on file change.

3.2. Dropbox
• Endpoint: /files/upload and /files/list_folder.
• Sample: Automatedly upload changed files when folder change is detected.

3.3. Microsoft OneDrive (Graph API)
• Endpoint: /me/drive/root/children/[folder]/content (PUT).
• Sample: Automator synchronizes files on scheduled or event-driven change.

3.4. Box
• API: Files→upload and Events→get.
• Sample: Backup on event stream trigger for changed or new files.

3.5. Amazon S3
• API: PutObject, CopyObject, and ListObjects.
• Sample: Automated backup by uploading files to a defined S3 bucket.

3.6. Wasabi
• API: S3-Compatible PutObject and ListObjectsV2.
• Sample: Configure backup automation to Wasabi S3 buckets.

3.7. Backblaze B2
• API: b2_upload_file and b2_list_file_names.
• Sample: Automate uploading files at specific backup intervals.

3.8. FTP/SFTP Servers
• Protocol: put, mput (upload files), and ls (file listing).
• Sample: Scheduled automation to backup folders over SFTP/FTP.

3.9. Google Cloud Storage
• API: objects.insert and objects.copy.
• Sample: Automating file uploads via cloud scheduler or event.

3.10. Azure Blob Storage
• API: Put Blob, List Blobs.
• Sample: Automated backup jobs to upload new/changed blobs.

3.11. SharePoint
• Endpoint: /_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl, /files/add.
• Sample: Automating file addition on SharePoint directory modification.

3.12. Egnyte
• API: /pubapi/v1/fs-content/fileops/upload.
• Sample: Scheduled or event-based backup automation.

3.13. OwnCloud
• API: WebDAV PUT/GET.
• Sample: Automatically back up files using WebDAV mount.

3.14. Nextcloud
• API: WebDAV MOVE/PUT.
• Sample: Automate file backup to a Nextcloud directory.

3.15. Zoho WorkDrive
• API: POST /teamfolders/{folder_id}/files/upload.
• Sample: Automated file upload on trigger conditions.

3.16. Synology NAS
• API: SYNO.FileStation.Upload.
• Sample: Automatedly schedule backups to NAS folder.

3.17. iDrive
• Endpoint: iDrive API uploadFile method.
• Sample: Automate backup of directory trees at fixed times.

3.18. pCloud
• API: /uploadfile, /listfolder.
• Sample: Automatedly send files to pCloud backup directory.

3.19. Mega.nz
• API: Mega Command-Line Interface (mega-put).
• Sample: Automator executes on event or schedule.

3.20. IBM Cloud Object Storage
• API: PUT Object, GET Object.
• Sample: Automate automated backup to IBM COS buckets on file change.

Benefits

4.1. Automates compliance by maintaining immutable, time-stamped records.
4.2. Reduces risk through automated, error-free backup routines.
4.3. Provides scalable, automatable storage for archival growth.
4.4. Enables rapid, automated file restoration during incidents.
4.5. Removes manual handling and automates recurring information management processes.