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Haven't a lot of people on HN warned against using Backblaze for backup because of issues restoring from backup? I recall reading someone having to pay to have
by destitude 5y ago
Haven't a lot of people on HN warned against using Backblaze for backup because of issues restoring from backup? I recall reading someone having to pay to have a physical drive sent to them to restore a backup because of speed/cost issues trying to restore over network.
- hinkley 5y agoNever underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of data tapes hurtling down the highway. Randall Munroe estimates it'll be 2040 before the Internet has more bandwidth than FedEx: https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/
- celsoazevedo 5y agoYou're probably thinking about their computer backup service. This post talks about B2, an object storage service like S3. While B2 isn't as fast as S3 and some tasks are way slower (eg: deleting files), I'm able to max out my server's 1Gbps connection when sending or downloading files from their European DC (using rclone and a server also in Europe).
- Rastonbury 5y agoI think it's their consumer facing Dropbox like desktop tool not B2
- wrycoder 5y agoThey will refund the drive cost when you mail it back.