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I use Backblaze--$50/year--primarily for photos. My photo drive sits at around 900GB currently. It's entirely in Backblaze, in case it ever explodes and local

I use Backblaze--$50/year--primarily for photos. My photo drive sits at around 900GB currently. It's entirely in Backblaze, in case it ever explodes and local backups fail. I let it handle other drives, too, although I exclude my media/music/download/etc drive for simplicity.

StavrosK 14y ago
Is it encrypted on the client side? That's pretty much my only requirement now, since I have separated my two use cases (backups and syncing). I use encfs on Dropbox for encrypted syncing, and it works great, but I need backups encrypted on the client, and I haven't found anything great and cheap yet.
- rhizome 14y ago
  What do you mean by "backups encrypted on the client?"
  - dkokelley 14y ago
    I would guess he means that the data is encrypted before ever being sent to backblaze. The answer is yes according to http://www.backblaze.com/backup-encryption.html http://www.backblaze.com/backup-encryption.html Rather, it's an optional yes.
    - StavrosK 14y ago
      Yep, that's what I meant, thanks. EDIT: Actually, it looks like they can decrypt your data to restore it on their end, so it's a no.
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      - matthew-wegner 14y ago
        I believe Tarsnap is your only viable option, if you want that enforce that degree of paranoia: http://www.tarsnap.com/ http://www.tarsnap.com/
        bifrost 14y ago
        Bitcasa is also in the same realm, although I think Bitcasa has some cooler de-dupe technology.
      - gnyman 14y ago
        Actually it is a yes, they cannot decrypt your data as they do not keep your password around. You have to enter it every time you want to restore a file, and it is not saved on their side only used to get the files then thrown away again. Of course, if you have so sensitive stuff that you cannot accept it ever being on another server in clear text then it still a no on that question.
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budgi3 14y ago
Another good option for photo backup is to sign up for a flickr pro account. $45 for 2 years unlimited storage.

StavrosK 14y ago

Is it encrypted on the client side? That's pretty much my only requirement now, since I have separated my two use cases (backups and syncing). I use encfs on Dropbox for encrypted syncing, and it works great, but I need backups encrypted on the client, and I haven't found anything great and cheap yet.

rhizome 14y ago
What do you mean by "backups encrypted on the client?"
- dkokelley 14y ago
  I would guess he means that the data is encrypted before ever being sent to backblaze. The answer is yes according to http://www.backblaze.com/backup-encryption.html http://www.backblaze.com/backup-encryption.html Rather, it's an optional yes.
  - StavrosK 14y ago
    Yep, that's what I meant, thanks. EDIT: Actually, it looks like they can decrypt your data to restore it on their end, so it's a no.
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    - matthew-wegner 14y ago
      I believe Tarsnap is your only viable option, if you want that enforce that degree of paranoia: http://www.tarsnap.com/ http://www.tarsnap.com/
      - bifrost 14y ago
        Bitcasa is also in the same realm, although I think Bitcasa has some cooler de-dupe technology.
    - gnyman 14y ago
      Actually it is a yes, they cannot decrypt your data as they do not keep your password around. You have to enter it every time you want to restore a file, and it is not saved on their side only used to get the files then thrown away again. Of course, if you have so sensitive stuff that you cannot accept it ever being on another server in clear text then it still a no on that question.
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budgi3 14y ago

Another good option for photo backup is to sign up for a flickr pro account. $45 for 2 years unlimited storage.