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Is Backblaze a reliable provider? (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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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!

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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think the main thing is for you to try doing a test restore of your data before you need to (and you already have a local backup anyway if your test goes wrong)

That will give you a better understanding of the whole process - they might be 100% reliable in storing data which is totally unusable by you because you've lost your decryption key, weren't backing it up correctly, etc (for example).

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I've never really understood the logistics of how to do a test restore.

    Do you have to buy a 2nd computer?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    No, you can jusy restore to a second location...it depends on whether everything was backed up, or just a few test files.

    I prefer backing up specific folders rather than "everything", so it's easier to test. (I'd just reinstall the OS if that was nuked)

    Let's say I want to do a test restore of all my photos. I just rename that folder to simulate that it's been accidentally deleted... then I just do a normal restore - and do a bit-by-bit comparison of the two folders and check it all went well.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I really need to do a test restore. I've been backing my NAS up to B2 for about a year now and haven't done one yet.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yeah, that was me a couple years ago... I'd read some blogs, watched some yoochoobz and had data going from my NAS to Backblaze... encrypted...so... ok... is it restorable? No idea.

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