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The best Cloud backup in 2025? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Someone on Lemmy posted a phrase recently: "If you're not prepared to manage backups then you're not prepared to self host."

This seems like not only sound advice but a crucial attitude. My backup plans have been fairly sporadic as I've been entering into the world of self hosting. I'm now at a point where I have enough useful software and content that losing my hard drive would be a serious bummer. All of my most valuable content is backed up in one way or another, but it's time for me to get serious.

I'm currently running an Ubuntu Server with a number of Docker containers, and lots of audio, video, and documents. I'd like to be able to back up everything to a reliable cloud service. I currently have a subscription to proton drive, which is a nice padding to have, but which I knew from the start would not be really adequate. Especially since there is no native Linux proton drive capability.

I've read good things about iDrive, S3, and Backblaze. Which one do you use? Would you recommend it? What makes your short list? what is the best value?

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[-] Shimitar@feddit.it 1 points 3 weeks ago

First copy on offline USB disk on my server itself. Disk is turned on, backup done, disk goes off. Once a day.

Second copy on a USB drive connected to an OpenWRT router of my home, the furthest away from the server (in case of fire, I could be able to grab either of the two).

Third copy offsite on a VPS.

I use restic & backrest with great satisfaction.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

Backblaze 200% of the time.

The only thing that sucks about backblaze is that they're not designed for enterprise. No account balances. No multi users.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Local storage + a Veeam VBR VM

[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago

A server in a friend/family member's home. All of the cloud based backups I've encountered seem either unaffordable or have annoying limitations.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 0 points 3 weeks ago

This. Install a NAS in a friend's house, give them 10% of the capacity as a thank you.

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

I have one in theirs, they have one in mine.

[-] peregus@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Nobody that uses Wasabi?

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Too expensive

[-] peregus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

When I've signed up was the cheaper. I've just checked and it's $6.99/TB/month and Backblaze B2 is actually cheaper ($6/TB/month). Are there other differences that you know of? There must be since everyone is using Baclblaze.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

I prefer my local storage. Can't vouch for any cloud storage.
Upside of Wasabi to my infrastructure: It's compatible with Veeam.

[-] calmluck9349@infosec.pub 0 points 3 weeks ago

3,2,1.

My nas is a Synology with raid.

  1. Backup with versions to a single large HD via USB. This ransomware protection or accidental deletion. (Rsync)
  2. Offsite copy to backblaze b2.One version. (Rsync) (~$6/month) This would be natual disaster protection. flood, fire.
  3. Second not raided cheaper Synology at a friends on the other coast. This has ~3 versions. Sorta the backup to the first two.
[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

You can get append only backups on backblaze with their lifecycle rules. So that can have ransomware protection too

[-] peregus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

"Append only backup" what's that?

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Its a system where you can only apppend, not delete.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Append-only

Its what's required for ransomware safe backup system, since the attacker can't delete your backups because they can only append

[-] peregus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, I see, I didn't know that "nomenclature". Thanks! Good for some thing, dangerous for other because the stored data keeps growing.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

With backblaze you can set lifcycle rules. For example, any file with the regex "daily" in it automatic gets deleted after 30 days. And any file with "yearly" in it gets deleted after 5 years

[-] lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

3, 2, 1. ❤

Without implementing this, it's a delusion that some company, regardless of the size and reputation, can be trusted to keep our data safe.

[-] coffeetastesbadlikecoffee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Also don't forget to restore test, otherwise you may as well not do backups. I have a reminder for once a year to test them, not just if it works but also what the performance is just in case.

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