Hi everyone,

I’ve started pushing backups of media important to me (family pictures, video etc) to backblaze with client-side encryption.

However, are they a reliable storage provider? I can’t help but compare them to something like Amazon who likely has a better chance of maintaining my files but they are so expensive that I don’t even bother.

What do you think? Yes, I’ve heard of 3-2-1, however for now I only have backblaze and a local backup. I’m trying not to spend too much on this.

Thanks!

  • Kcg@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    6 months ago

    I use them as my backup backup provider. Crazy cheap, my bill was like $1.50 for a month. Their backup command line tool is pretty solid also. I would definitely use them if you need a new backup provider.

      • Kcg@lemmy.mlEnglish
        5·
        6 months ago

        It is $6 a TB. I use less than a TB. Their whole sthick is being cheaper than others. It is a very basic service overall. But does it’s job.

        Also they publish drive stats which is pretty cool to have that transparency.

        • XNX@slrpnk.netEnglish
          3·
          6 months ago

          Oh ok. $6 a TB but if you use the computer backup instead its $10 for infinite storage which is great

          • Jyek@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3·
            6 months ago

            It’s more expensive than one other provider, iDrive. But iDrive doesnt provide nearly the same level of service. Back laze is the cheapest full featured B2 service on the market. If you are concerned about data integrity of your backups but you cannot afford $18 a month, then you cannot afford to have that much data.

          • Findmysec@infosec.pubOPEnglish
            1·
            6 months ago

            I admit that Storj is less expensive but it has egress costs which B2 + cloudflare doesn’t (the latter with a free account)

        • Findmysec@infosec.pubOPEnglish
          1·
          6 months ago

          That’s personal pictures, ripped media, documents, some sensitive information etc. Netflix can go to hell

          • Jyek@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            6 months ago

            I wasn’t saying to use Netflix that doesn’t even make sense. I was saying that’s the same price as a Netflix subscription…