Guide: Backing up your stored files on ScPrime ScPrimeGuides Follow Mar 29 · 4 min read

ScPrime runs an open and permission-less decentralized cloud storage network that offers cheap archival cloud storage. While it’s pricing is hard to beat, because of the nature of ScPrime’s network, using the service for remote storage has always been a challenge since certain files needed to be kept on a renter’s computer to access the stored data on the cloud. Now with seed based file recovery, you can backup your ScPrime files and then access them remotely using your ScPrime seed.

Creating a backup of your stored files using the seed-based recovery in the UI is a very good idea to do on a somewhat regular basis. It will allow your files to stay up to date on the blockchain if you plan to access them remotely, and of course, it secures your data in case something should happen to the computer/computers that you access ScPrime from.

Let’s take a look how we do a backup. If you have any questions about renting, please read this renting guide first.

First, you go to the ScPrime Rent tab and click on More in the top right corner. Then from the drop down menu, click on Backup Files.

You will need to give your backup a name and then click on Start Backup. You will then see that the backup is being created. This can take a little while, depending on how much data you have stored on ScPrime.

You can check on the status of your backup by clicking on the Rent tab’s dropdown menu and then clicking on Restore Files. There you will see past backups as well as a status bar, showing the status of your current backup.

Backup is now complete! Your files are backed up on the ScPrime blockchain and can be accessed with your seed alone.

To access your files remotely or if something should happen to your computer, you will need to follow the steps in this Getting Started Guide to get another UI setup, except instead of clicking on Create new wallet, click on Restore from seed.

Once the UI is synced with the blockchain, you can go into the Rent tab and click on Restore Files. You will most likely see the message above about no backups being found. You will need to click on Start Recovery Scan. The UI will then scan the blockchain using your seed to recover your backups.

Once the scan is complete your backups should show up. Click on Restore beside the latest backup to restore your files to the UI.

If you have any further questions on renting or backing up your files, please visit the ScPrime Discord’s network channel. As mentioned above, it is a good idea to backup your files whenever you can.

Useful Links

https://scpri.me/software/- download the ScPrime UI/wallet.

https://discord.gg/W5ePbSd- ScPrime Discord group. Where most of the ScPrime community gathers.

https://eters.lv/scphostlist.html- this site will show all ScPrime hosts. Find your host in the list to see its stats as well as its score. Also a good way to check the overall network stats.

https://www.ipfingerprints.com/portscan.php- if you are having trouble with getting your host online, it’s a good idea to make sure your 4282 port is open. Enter your host IP address as well as port 4282 in the port fields to check to make sure it’s open.

https://medium.com/@gadaboy11/uptime-robot-guide-for-scprime-storage-providers-890427b83f50- this guide will help you setup a free account on Uptime Robot. It’s a handy tool that will alert you if your host goes down.

https://www.southxchange.com/Market/Book/SCP/BTC- if you need some more SCP for your host or to rent more storage, you can buy it on the SCP/BTC pairing on SouthXchange.