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Yeah, I had considered doing the same. Unfortunately, BackBlaze still doesn't offer a Linux client for their backup offering. :(

by jsight 9y ago

brightball 9y ago
Same. I'm in the crashplan soon to be migrating boat and can't use Backblaze for that same reason.
metalliqaz 9y ago
One of their guys on Reddit said that they intentionally don't offer it because they don't want to attract the datahoarder crowd.
- jsight 9y ago
  Yeah, they basically don't want people like me (or other Crashplan users for that matter) as a customer. I can't say that I blame them.
zackelan 9y ago
I've been very happy with Borg[0] combined with the B2 command-line tools for Linux backups. I switched from Duplicity + AWS and it reduced the cost as well as made the backup process simpler - Borg doesn't have the same full vs incremental difference to think about, you just take a full backup each time and it dedupes everything automatically. 0: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
- krzyk 9y ago
  Hmm, so they offer a Linux client? If they don't then how come you have access to command line tools for Linux?
  - comboy 9y ago
    They don't offer it for their personal backup solution. Only for B2 which is a cloud storage like S3 or google cloud. Btw, they should include Amazon Glacier on the pricing page comparison, not just S3.
gregmac 9y ago
For my use I'm primarily concerned with an off-site copie of a folder full of files (mainly pictures/videos), so the basic sync works just fine for my case. It even keeps versions of files [1] in case you corrupt/delete/overwrite a file. What is it missing that Crashplan and Backblaze Personal Backup have? $5/mo of B2 is about 1TB of storage, so if you're above that then maybe cost is a factor? [1] https://www.backblaze.com/b2/docs/file_versions.html https://www.backblaze.com/b2/docs/file_versions.html
- pnutjam 9y ago
  Someone linked this in a previous thread: https://www.time4vps.eu/storage-servers/ https://www.time4vps.eu/storage-servers/ It's cheaper then backblaze, slightly. It's not really comparable, because it's not distributed and there is real risk of data loss. However, for my needs, it works as part of a comprehensive backup plan. I get a bit more bang for my buck and more flexibility.
lathiat 9y ago
I'm currently testing 'rclone' with the backblaze b2 backend (+crypt). Seems to work OK so far. Won't be as cheap as their unlimited plan but I'm OK with that.
iofiiiiiiiii 9y ago
Duplicacy + B2 works great, though.

Yeah, I had considered doing the same. Unfortunately, BackBlaze still doesn't offer a Linux client for their backup offering. :(

by jsight 9y ago

Yeah, I had considered doing the same. Unfortunately, BackBlaze still doesn't offer a Linux client for their backup offering. :(

brightball 9y ago

Same. I'm in the crashplan soon to be migrating boat and can't use Backblaze for that same reason.

metalliqaz 9y ago

One of their guys on Reddit said that they intentionally don't offer it because they don't want to attract the datahoarder crowd.

jsight 9y ago
Yeah, they basically don't want people like me (or other Crashplan users for that matter) as a customer. I can't say that I blame them.

zackelan 9y ago

I've been very happy with Borg[0] combined with the B2 command-line tools for Linux backups. I switched from Duplicity + AWS and it reduced the cost as well as made the backup process simpler - Borg doesn't have the same full vs incremental difference to think about, you just take a full backup each time and it dedupes everything automatically. 0: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

krzyk 9y ago
Hmm, so they offer a Linux client? If they don't then how come you have access to command line tools for Linux?
- comboy 9y ago
  They don't offer it for their personal backup solution. Only for B2 which is a cloud storage like S3 or google cloud. Btw, they should include Amazon Glacier on the pricing page comparison, not just S3.

gregmac 9y ago

For my use I'm primarily concerned with an off-site copie of a folder full of files (mainly pictures/videos), so the basic sync works just fine for my case. It even keeps versions of files [1] in case you corrupt/delete/overwrite a file. What is it missing that Crashplan and Backblaze Personal Backup have? $5/mo of B2 is about 1TB of storage, so if you're above that then maybe cost is a factor? [1] https://www.backblaze.com/b2/docs/file_versions.html https://www.backblaze.com/b2/docs/file_versions.html

pnutjam 9y ago
Someone linked this in a previous thread: https://www.time4vps.eu/storage-servers/ https://www.time4vps.eu/storage-servers/ It's cheaper then backblaze, slightly. It's not really comparable, because it's not distributed and there is real risk of data loss. However, for my needs, it works as part of a comprehensive backup plan. I get a bit more bang for my buck and more flexibility.

lathiat 9y ago

I'm currently testing 'rclone' with the backblaze b2 backend (+crypt). Seems to work OK so far. Won't be as cheap as their unlimited plan but I'm OK with that.

iofiiiiiiiii 9y ago

Duplicacy + B2 works great, though.