{"id":464339,"date":"2024-12-12T11:22:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T10:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devoteam.com\/expert-view\/how-to-migrate-your-data-to-google-drive-with-rclone\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T13:05:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T11:05:53","slug":"how-to-migrate-your-data-to-google-drive-with-rclone","status":"publish","type":"expert-view","link":"https:\/\/devoteam.info\/be\/expert-view\/how-to-migrate-your-data-to-google-drive-with-rclone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to migrate your data to Google Drive with RClone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You already use Google Workspace, but you still use network drives to share your files? Then it\u2019s a good idea to migrate all your remaining files to the cloud. It will boost your collaboration and responsiveness. This article will show you how. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using Google Drive but still have network drives?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You use Google Drive daily and are comfortable with the various functions, but most of your data is stored on one or more on-premise servers or virtual machines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you gather all your data in Google Drive and avoid several data storage locations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drive for Desktop<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Use Drive for Computer, Google’s desktop synchronisation program, to easily manage and share content on all your devices and in the cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you edit, delete, or move a file in the cloud, it updates on your computer and other devices. Similarly, your computer transfers any changes you make to the file structure to the company cloud. This ensures your files are always updated and accessible from any device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some data can be migrated from your network drive straight to Google Drive using this same process, but slowness and synchronisation errors may occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drag and drop<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An intuitive and straightforward solution for moving documents by manually selecting files and dragging them directly into the Google Drive environment. However, performance depends on your Internet speed and may be limited. There is limited visibility of dragged items, which requires particular vigilance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

RClone, the opensource solution for moving data in bulk<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

RClone is a free, open-source tool. This command-line programme can be used to migrate a wide range of content (files stored on servers, Google Drive, One Drive, Dropbox, etc.). It doesn’t delete any documents at the source, preventing you from losing any data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n