If you want more reliable backups, Backblaze personal backup should never be on your list. The client takes anywhere between 1-8 hours to upload the index of fi

If you want more reliable backups, Backblaze personal backup should never be on your list. The client takes anywhere between 1-8 hours to upload the index of files to the server after uploading the actual data for the backup, but it will say that the backup is complete before this happens and give a false assurance. So if your machine dies in that span (data uploaded but index not uploaded), then it’s as good as the backup not happening because the server has data blobs but no metadata, and cannot provide you a way to restore that. This is an intentionally designed behavior (for some other reasons) that adds risks that I belief nobody should take. See this blog post and comment from nearly four years ago for a better description. [1] And here’s Backblaze’s support page on the same, last updated a month ago (June 2021) indicating that this behavior remains. [2] Any backup solution that doesn’t, at a minimum, follow the 3-2-1 rule will cause more instances of regret in the future. If the data is of value, it needs better and constant care. [1]: https://mjtsai.com/blog/2014/05/22/what-backblaze-doesnt-back-up/#what-backblaze-doesnt-back-up-update-2017-08-24 https://mjtsai.com/blog/2014/05/22/what-backblaze-doesnt-bac... [2]: https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217665498-Why-hasn-t-Backblaze-backed-up-my-new-files-yet- https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217665498-Why-h...