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Do they only do backups or also cloud storage? If they have an API for uploading / deleting / viewing files, I'd use them over S3 given how lower their costs ar
by aliakhtar 12y ago
Do they only do backups or also cloud storage? If they have an API for uploading / deleting / viewing files, I'd use them over S3 given how lower their costs are. But, I can't find any info on that on their website.
- eeZi 12y agoNo API. Only backups, and you need their client.
- mikeash 12y agoIt is possible to retrieve individual files or small collections of files, so you can use it as a "I forgot to upload my presentation" solution in addition to just plain disaster recovery. However, it's somewhat cumbersome and pretty slow (restoring a single file still takes on the order of minutes) so not a practical solution for general-purpose data storage and retrieval.
- brianwski 12y agoBrian from Backblaze here. To expand on this, we require our client because of our pricing model, which is $5 per computer for unlimited storage FOR THAT ONE laptop or desktop. An API would mess with that pricing model, so we haven't opened it up yet.
- lee 12y agoAlso they only support Windows/OSX. I've been a customer of theirs for a few years, but I've recently switched to a competitor just so that I can backup my Linux NAS.