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Slightly off topic: is anyone using B2 (which seems cheaper if you have more than one computer for a certain amount of data) for personal data backups with stro
by newscracker 7y ago
Slightly off topic: is anyone using B2 (which seems cheaper if you have more than one computer for a certain amount of data) for personal data backups with strong client side encryption across multiple platforms (Linux, Mac, Windows)? If so, how do you handle it?
- w33ble 7y agoI do this, though not from Windows, just Mac and Linux. I use restic, which has B2 support smd handles all the encryption. it also does diffing for backups. There's a Windows build, so I assume it would work for you there as well. You can view and download builds at https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/ https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/ I don't automate this though, I just use it for occasional backups. Not sure what the automation story around restic is.
- hashhar 7y agoYes. I use restic same as the sibling comment. Have >8TB of data from multiple machines with a lot of deduplication (source is somewhere around 10 to 12TB).
- S3raph 7y agoI sync all my device files to a local Freenas server which runs duplicacy in a jail and sync's it every night to backblaze B2. I looked at duplicity, restic, attic, borg and in the end settled for duplicacy. Pay attention to the duplicacy license, for somebody it could be a problem.
- orhanhh 7y agoI use Arq on two macs and it works very well with B2.
- zippergz 7y agoI use and like Arq also, but the OP asked for something that covers Linux, which I believe Arq does not.
- seanlane 7y agoSimilar to the other two sibling comments, been using restic to sync to B2 over the past 6-7 months. Stored amount has been 450-475 GB, and total costs tend to be about $2.50-$2.75 per month.