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> if you want real protection, do local backups Yes, this is unfortunately true and unfortunately complicated compared to iCloud backups. I backup locally to
by bonestamp2 7y ago
> if you want real protection, do local backups
Yes, this is unfortunately true and unfortunately complicated compared to iCloud backups.
I backup locally to my mac (encrypted), then I have my mac do time machine backups to my Synology NAS (encrypted) and then I have my NAS backup to BackBlaze (encrypted). I do that to satisfy the two pronged backup strategy: local (fast) and remote (slow, but useful in catastrophic local situations such as fire, flood, theft, etc).
- mthoms 7y agoI might be mistaken but I thought Backblaze doesn't backup external drives?
- pfranz 7y agoThere are a few possible approaches. I figured they're using b2. I'm pretty sure Synology has builtin tools to mirror to it. Backblaze will backup external drives that are attached to the computer, but if they are disconnected for 30+ days the data is deleted. While network drives aren't backed up there are ways to have them appear as local drives (which I hear are a pain to deal with).
- bonestamp2 7y ago> Synology has built in tools to mirror to it Yes exactly, this is what I'm using. There is a time machine folder on the NAS, the Synology tool mirrors that encrypted folder to backblaze. I have the backblaze sync set to run at 1am so it's not uploading and affecting my bandwidth while I'm (typically) awake. Yes, my remote backup is up to 24 hours behind my local time machine backup, but this is acceptable to me since it's only for catastrophic recovery.
- sib 7y agoBackblaze does back up (directly-connected) external drives but not NAS.