They are just an rsync clone on my NAS (so raw files), but restic uses encryption and compression when backing up to Backblaze. There are other approaches, but

They are just an rsync clone on my NAS (so raw files), but restic uses encryption and compression when backing up to Backblaze. There are other approaches, but I appreciate having the dedupe & snapshots, and I encrypt any potentially sensitive files that I send to the cloud.