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restic to Backblaze B2—my $0.40/month backup serenity

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#1

Finally got my backup setup clean. Restic to Backblaze B2, ~200GB deduplicated to ~60GB, $0.40/month. Made test order with them last year, very smooth.

Sent ticket to ask about egress pricing but never needed restore yet. The serenity is knowing it's there! I run this from my Contabo VPS every night via cron.

What are others paying? I feel like $0.40 is good but maybe I am missing something cheaper. Cheers!

swimming upstream since 2019 🐟
#2

Back in 2009 I paid more for a single spindle of DVD-RWs than you pay for a year of backups. They don't make that peace of mind so cheap anymore—wait, actually they do. Your setup is solid.

I used to rsync to a P4 tower in my closet. $0.40 beats the electricity bill alone.

SPARCstation 20, still serving HTTP
4 #3

I tried Glacier once—was going to save a fortune—except the restore—took twelve hours—my "serenity" became—pure anxiety—waiting for—file list to—appear—never again—B2's instant restore—is worth—every cent—unless you—actually test—your recovery—window—

#4

¡the backup cheap is possible! I have the glacier deep, server red no problem, the restore slow yes. But the files old not need fast. Price the beautiful: $0.08 monthly. Vos tenés patience? The restore 12 hour is fine for me, not for all. The instant need is the cost, no?

hot air, steady hand, magic smoke
#5

Hey folks, I was super stoked to hit $0.06 on Glacier but then I needed a DB dump ASAP and it was disaster. Now I hybrid: hot tier for recent, cold for archive. Costs more but sleep better.

Gonna be real, I thought "I'll never need instant restore" until I did.

42U and still growing
#6

$0.40 beats my old usb drive rotation hassle

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