B2 is Backblaze’s bulk storage service. It is different than their primary backup business in that it is more like Backblaze B2 in that it is an API-driven cloud storage service. It is about 1/4 the cost of Amazon S3, but has a different API making the range of desktop clients much more limited.
- Is a cloud storage and data backup company, founded in 2007 by Gleb Budman, Billy Ng, Nilay Patel, Brian Wilson, Tim Nufire, Damon Uyeda, and Casey Jones. Its two main products are their B2 Cloud Storage and Computer Backup services, targeted at both business and personal markets.
- I've been using BackBlaze for a while now (since Crashplan exited the consumer space) for online backup of my iMac. I just added the B2 to my account and will try a NAS backup as well. I'll have to run some numbers and see if makes more financial sense to just backup the NAS to B2 as I already have my time machine backups on the NAS (3-2-1) anyway.
- Iperius Backup is a complete cloud backup solution that allows direct backup to Backblaze B2.
- We are using Backblaze B2 a lot and very happy with it. Wasabi is another excellent alternative. Trace the total number of hops and measure the upload/download speed between you and Backblaze or Wasabi by the time you are going to run your cloud synchronization (most probably late at night, I assume), and decide.
It depends on the volume of data. Running a second Synology unit at another site and mirroring changes (using something approaching the efficiency of rsync) will easily be the most economical beyond 1tb -- an amount typically included for free with just about every Office 365 subscription. It's not ideal however, unless you plan to perform DR to the cloud; that is, restore a failed local instance to a cloud platform. This is because you will be unable to get one tenth of 1tb of data that stored in the cloud in a timely fashion unless it is being restored to an adjacent platform.
The cool thing about rsync is that the bandwidth use can be near zero as you can do a full mirror once a week but generate a differential file each night and export it to a local drive instead of applying the changes over the internet. That differential file can be used to roll the remote version forward to the time the file was generated. You would only actually apply it to the remote mirror if need be -- testing notwithstanding.
CloudBacko backup software can perform block-level incremental / differential backup of your Office 365 Exchange / SharePoint / OneDrive, VMware / Hyper-V guest VMs, Microsoft Exchange database and individual mailboxes, Microsoft SQL database, MySQL database, Windows System and System State, Outlook pst, and ordinary files to Backblaze Cloud Storage for offsite data protection. In case your local site is striked by a disaster, your mission critical data will still be intact and ready for restore from Backblaze. Read all the benefits that CloudBacko backup software can give you from here.
Why use CloudBacko when I can directly upload data to Backblaze B2?
Good question! First of all, Backblaze B2 is just a storage space and a simple tool so that you can manually upload data. However, how are you going to copy Office 365 data, VMware / Hyper-V guest virtual machines, Microsoft Exchange Database, Microsoft SQL Database to there automatically and as frequent as you want? CloudBacko is the answer.
Secondly, CloudBacko encrypts all the filenames and contents of your data on your local machine before sending to Backblaze. Besides, it encrypts everything with 256-bit truly randomized encrypting key. Thus, no easily hackable key such as '123', 'abc', etc. will be used. With this unique encryption methodology, no one, not even the people from Backblaze, is able to know what you have backed up.
Moreover, CloudBacko Pro and CloudBacko Lite can automate everything. Once set up, backup will be run automatically based on preset schedules. It also has many built-in features that handle the scheduling, retention and versioning, security, speed optimization, incremental backup, data integrity, reporting, etc.
All these are the values that CloudBacko provides so that you don't need your IT staff to write your own backup scripts. All the scripts, the functions and features you need are all included in CloudBacko. Check out all the features from here.
Why Backblaze B2
It is scalable at a very low cost, only a quarter of the price of Amazon S3. It's price is based on your actual usage - no minimums, tiers, or fine print. And their pricing applies to all regions. They also claim that their download fee is the lowest in the industry. Check out their website for more benefits.
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