Someone on Lemmy posted a phrase recently: “If you’re not prepared to manage backups then you’re not prepared to self host.”

This seems like not only sound advice but a crucial attitude. My backup plans have been fairly sporadic as I’ve been entering into the world of self hosting. I’m now at a point where I have enough useful software and content that losing my hard drive would be a serious bummer. All of my most valuable content is backed up in one way or another, but it’s time for me to get serious.

I’m currently running an Ubuntu Server with a number of Docker containers, and lots of audio, video, and documents. I’d like to be able to back up everything to a reliable cloud service. I currently have a subscription to proton drive, which is a nice padding to have, but which I knew from the start would not be really adequate. Especially since there is no native Linux proton drive capability.

I’ve read good things about iDrive, S3, and Backblaze. Which one do you use? Would you recommend it? What makes your short list? what is the best value?

      • peregus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        When I’ve signed up was the cheaper. I’ve just checked and it’s $6.99/TB/month and Backblaze B2 is actually cheaper ($6/TB/month). Are there other differences that you know of? There must be since everyone is using Baclblaze.

        • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          2 days ago

          I prefer my local storage. Can’t vouch for any cloud storage.
          Upside of Wasabi to my infrastructure: It’s compatible with Veeam.

  • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
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    4 days ago

    A server in a friend/family member’s home. All of the cloud based backups I’ve encountered seem either unaffordable or have annoying limitations.

  • calmluck9349@infosec.pubEnglish
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    5 days ago

    3,2,1.

    My nas is a Synology with raid.

    1. Backup with versions to a single large HD via USB. This ransomware protection or accidental deletion. (Rsync)
    2. Offsite copy to backblaze b2.One version. (Rsync) (~$6/month) This would be natual disaster protection. flood, fire.
    3. Second not raided cheaper Synology at a friends on the other coast. This has ~3 versions. Sorta the backup to the first two.
    • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
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      4 days ago

      You can get append only backups on backblaze with their lifecycle rules. So that can have ransomware protection too

          • peregus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 days ago

            Oh, I see, I didn’t know that “nomenclature”. Thanks! Good for some thing, dangerous for other because the stored data keeps growing.

            • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
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              2 days ago

              With backblaze you can set lifcycle rules. For example, any file with the regex “daily” in it automatic gets deleted after 30 days. And any file with “yearly” in it gets deleted after 5 years