QNAP offers high-quality network attached storage (NAS) to users from home, SOHO to small, medium businesses. QNAP NAS uses the smart OS QTS/QuTs hero/QES to help users manage their files and data with minimal effort. People backup to QNAP NAS for data security or share files with others through QNAP NAS.
Is it safe enough to backup important files to a NAS device? Well, it’s probably not. You may encounter NAS issues in regard to hardware, hard disk drives, and power supply, etc. To double protect your crucial data, you can run QNAP backup to OneDrive.
What’s more, files shared on a NAS device can only be accessed within the LAN. What if you want to access shared files out of your home or office? QNAP to OneDrive sync can help you make it. Files on a cloud drive are accessible anywhere with Internet connection.
To sync QNAP NAS to OneDrive, there are two methods for your reference. Method 1 only supports QNAP NAS while Method 2 supports various NAS brands like WD, Seagate, Buffalo and Synology.
Cloud Drive Sync allows you to perform file sync between a QNAP NAS and a cloud drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, OneDrive for Business and hubiC included. Follow the steps below to run QNAP to OneDrive sync:
1. Download and install Cloud Drive Sync from the QTS App Center. Click “Open” to open the Cloud Drive Sync App.
2. Create a cloud account
3. Create a sync job
✐ Tips: Cloud Drive Sync performs two-way sync. Files will be synced from QNAP NAS to the cloud drive as well as from the cloud drive to QNAP NAS.
Qiling Disk Master Professional is powerful file sync software that can help you with QNAP sync to OneDrive. It runs smoothly on Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP and it offers you three sync modes:
What’s more, Qiling Disk Master supports all kinds of NAS devices (WD, Seagate, Synology, and QNAP, etc.) and various cloud drives (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, SugarSync, hubiC and Cloudme). Learn how to do QNAP sync with OneDrive via Qiling Disk Master’s Two-Way Sync below.
✍ Note: To sync files to OneDrive using Qiling Disk Master, you should install the OneDrive desktop app and sign in with your account beforehand.
Step 1. Download, install and run Qiling Disk Master.
Step 2. Click Backup and recovery and select File Sync. You can also run Synology bidirectional sync with this feature.
Step 3. Click Folder > Share/NAS.
In the next window, click Add Share or NAS Devices. Then, type the IP address of QNAP NAS and click OK. Type username and password if they are required.
Step 4. After QNAP NAS has been added, all the folders under it will be listed. Choose the folder you want to sync and click OK.
Step 5. Expand the drop-down menu of the second bar and choose Select a cloud drive.
Step 6. Confirm the source and destination directory and click Proceed.
>> Options: you can write a comment for your sync task so that you can figure out the specific sync contents. You can also enable email notification to inform you of sync results.
>> Schedule Sync: you can set the sync task to run periodically. There are five modes available: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Event triggers, and USB plug in.
You have learned two ways to sync QNAP to OneDrive from this page. Compared to Cloud Drive Sync, Qiling Disk Master offers easier steps and supports more NAS devices. Apart from the sync feature, Qiling Disk Master is embedded with the disk clone and system clone features. You can use it to clone HDD to SSD or migrate OS to SSD. Why not try it now?