World Backup Day is a perfect opportunity to safeguard your important files or grab some new storage. It's every March 31, and retailers are offering plenty of discounts on hardware and services that can keep your data safe and sound. It's the perfect chance to stock up on drives and cloud services that'll back up your devices so you can have more peace of mind.
Backing up your data isn't just good practice, it's essential. You never know when disaster might strike, which is exactly why the 3-2-1 backup rule exists. This simple rule suggests keeping three copies of your data on at least two different types of storage, with one copy kept safely far away from the others. That's why you should jump on these deals while they last, so you can get a chance to create proper redundancy for your files at a discount.
With that in mind, we've gathered deals on options ranging from flash drives and microSD cards to internal solid state drives, huge NAS systems and even cloud storage. However, these deals won't last too long, given that World Backup Day is a one-day event and Amazon's Big Spring Sale is close to wrapping up. That's why we suggest making your decision quickly to avoid missing out.
The best World Backup Day sales running now
- Amazon: Save on SanDisk, WD, PNY and more.
- Best Buy: Deals on storage from WD, PNY, Crucial and SanDisk.
- Newegg: Hundreds of deals on internal and external storage.
- B&H: Shop personal and professional storage products.
- Samsung: Save on flash drives, microSD cards, SSDs and more.
- Western Digital: Direct savings on WD and SanDisk products.
Below are some of the best deals you can get right now, though prices may change as promotions end.
External hard drive and SSD deals
If you need a ton of storage, this plug and play model may be a good choice. It's discounted by 19% right now and will definitely allow you to free up your internal drive.
Score this capacious and rugged portable SSD with up to 2-meter drop protection and IP55 water and dust resistance to protect its contents, along with speeds of up to 2,000MB/s.
More external hard drive and SSD deals:
- Samsung 2TB T5 EVO portable SSD: $129 (save $21)
- Samsung 2TB T9 portable SSD: $180 (save $120)
- WD 5TB My Passport portable hard drive: $130 (save $5)
- SanDisk 1TB Fortnite Portable SSD, Peely Edition: $89 (save $16)
- SanDisk 2TB Portable SSD: $110 (save $40)
- SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD: $235 (save $125)
- Western Digital 1TB Elements SE SSD: $70 (save $20)
Flash drive deals
You can fit a surprising amount of data on a flash drive like this 1TB model from PNY. If you need ultimate portability for a large amount of data, this is an ideal pick.
With most new computers and tablets having switched to USB-C inputs, World Backup Day is a great opportunity to switch over your portable storage, and you can score this Samsung USB-C flash drive for under $30 right now.
While you can't put a microSD card in your aging iPhone, it does have support for external storage devices like the SanDisk Creator phone drive with its integrated Lightning connector. This device is ideal for getting a bunch of photos or files off your iPhone and onto a computer with its dual-port design, which has a USB-C port on the other side.
More flash drive deals:
- Transcend 256GB Jetflash 790 flash drive: $16 (save $3)
- SanDisk 256GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1: $16 (save $4)
- PNY 512GB Pro Elite V2 USB flash drive: $49 (save $36)
- Samsung 512GB FIT Plus USB flash drive: $53 (save $12)
- SanDisk 1TB Ultra Dual Drive Luxe: $75 (save $10)
- SanDisk 512GB Ultra Dual Drive Luxe: $41 (save $7)
SD and microSD card deals
This memory card has a 128GB capacity with read speeds of 300MB/s and write speeds of 260MB/s, and is durable against magnets, shock, water, X-rays and temperature.
More SD and microSD card deals:
- SanDisk 64GB Extreme Pro SD card: $13 (save $5)
- SanDisk 256GB High Endurance Video microSDXC Card: $21 (save $5)
- SanDisk 512GB High Endurance Video microSDXC card: $38 (save $12)
- Lexar 1TB PLAY microSDXC card: $64 (save $66)
- PNY 512GB Pro Elite microSD card: $33 (save $17)
- SanDisk 2TB Extreme microSDXC card: $177 (save $31)
NAS deals
If you want to organize your media collection in one place and have it be accessible from anywhere, this high-performance NAS solution can do it. You'll have to add the drives yourself, though.
More NAS deals:
- Buffalo LinkStation 210 1-bay NAS with 2TB HDD: $130 (save $20)
- Synology 16TB + 4-Bay NAS Enclosure Kit with Seagate NAS Drives (4 x 4TB): $940 (save $170)
Internal storage deals
If you want a speedy SSD for gaming, the Samsung 980 Pro is a great choice. This model features a built-in heatsink (which saves you from adding one yourself), to help it stay cool under intense usage.
While 500GB may not seem like a lot in this day and age, a smaller SSD actually makes a lot of sense. Since all drives work with a limited bandwidth speed, having your operating system and utility apps split into a different SSD makes sense. That means when running a game, Photoshop or any other heavy-duty app, the OS and your antivirus aren't taking cycles away from running and loading content when gaming or editing. This 500GB Samsung SSD is perfect for that since it can hit read speeds up to 560 MB/s and write speeds of up to 530 MB/s
More internal storage deals:
- WD 20TB Red Pro NAS internal hard drive: $419 (save $81)
- Seagate 4TB BarraCuda internal hard drive: $85 (save $10)
- Crucial 1TB P310 M.2 internal SSD: $65 (save $33)
- Samsung 2TB 870 Evo 2.5-inch SATA internal SSD: $160 (save $95)
- Samsung 2TB 990 Pro M.2 internal SSD: $169 (save $81)
- WD Black 2TB SN850X Internal SSD: $150 (save $40)
- Samsung 4TB 990 PRO M.2 Internal SSD: $280 (save $185)
Cloud backup deals
If you're in the market for cloud storage and a VPN, a joint offering from ExpressVPN and Backblaze saves you $70 by bundling both services. You also get three extra months of VPN access for free with this deal.
Store up to 20TB of your files in the cloud with this heavily discounted Prism Drive subscription. This deal saves you hundreds compared to the usual monthly subscription cost, and you'll only be billed once for lifetime access.
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