But, if that’s not enough, they offer free restores via USB flash drive or external HDD if your data is too big to download. I was already subscribed to their great blog where they post yearly stats on their hard drives. They seemed to be the cheapest, had the most straight-forward pricing, and were the easiest to setup with the backup program I was using.įull disclosure, I was already a Backblaze fanboy. I ended up choosing Backblaze B2 storage. While looking for cloud storage providers, I compared the following: I was not interested in a file syncing service (e.g., Google Drive or Dropbox) or a cloud backup solution (e.g., Crashplan or Carbonite).
The setup below is my final goal and will fulfill my 3-2-1 requirement.įor this, I was looking for a raw storage endpoint with some sort of API or command line interface. My idea is to centralize all my backups to one location, then send the backups offsite to a cloud storage provider. I’d like to add cloud storage for a full 3-2-1 backup. Every couple weeks, I perform a backup to both and rotate the drives (this covers a 2-1-1 backup). The golden rule is to follow the 3-2-1 method for backups:Ĭurrently, I keep an encrypted external HDD at home and another at work. If you happen to have any questions please feel free to contact me.Recently, I’ve been thinking more and more about backups for my small (but growing) homelab. You will be required to provide those security B2 keys. From this point click Add Backup and configure Duplicati to backup all sources/data to the B2 storage destination. Click on settings and immediately configure a password for the portal.ĥ. Access your Duplicati backup software from 4.
One created make sure to save the application bucket keys somewhere.ģ. Locate App Keys section on the left in Backblaze we will create a new application key specifically to access this bucket for backups. Now we can move forward with creating your Backblaze account and create your Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Bucket.Ģ.Configure Duplicati to store backups in Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage You can access it by going to port 8200 for the IP address assigned to your server. Well done, Duplicati is now installed on Ubuntu 20.04 and configured to run as a service.
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