I’ve been using pCloud to back up only the most important information. The stuff that’s hard to get back if something bad happens. Kept in sync with rclone.
Now I think it’s time to scale up. I have 1 computer with 4 hard drives plugged up to it. I want to either back up the whole things. I’m thinking of something like backblaze. What does everyone here do for backups?
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3 rules for backups:
- Keep 3 copies of your data.
- Keep 2 of those copies on different types of media
- Keep 1 of those copies off-site.
I keep a backup on an array of RAIDZ disks. I keep a second copy on a very large hard disk; one that is powered down 99% of the time.
And I keep another at the in-laws house that I can upload to remotely.
I have daily backups (cron job) using Kopia for important files only. Backups are stored at Backblaze B2 and also local storage. Doing recovery tests every 1-2 months and 🤞
Restic and rsync.net. look around and there should be a discount usually.
Kopia is also pretty good and has a web interface if that’s helpful for you.
If you want to use Backblaze, and encrypt everything before it goes up there, check out Nephele. It’s a WebDAV server that can use Backblaze B2 (or any S3 compatible server) and encrypt all your data. Then you can use any backup solution that supports WebDAV.
You can also just throw anything else in it, and use it as a cloud storage solution. And you can have multiple users. I use it that way to backup my entire family’s PCs.
I use Synology C2 backup for my NAS, but they also have very affordable options for PC backups and object storage.
I use backblaze and rclone to encrypt and sync. It was the cheapest and most flexible solution when I checked a few years ago and I didn’t find any reason to change it so far
