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  • HeartyOfGlass@piefed.socialEnglish
    17·
    19 days ago

    tl;dr - Backblaze announced at one point they’ve stopped backing up files associated with sync services like OneDrive. The author discovered they also don’t back up .git folders.

    Which, yeah - the second your backup solution starts getting picky with what to backup, it’s time to move on. Shame, I had heard a lot of good things about them.

    • eleijeep@piefed.socialEnglish
      6·
      19 days ago

      Not backing up .git folders is criminal. Backblaze should know better. That’s literally the most valuable data in the folder!

    • rekabis@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      19 days ago

      Nothing wrong wth BackBlaze as a storage solution. Just switch backup programs.

      I use Duplicati with BackBlaze B2. Works very well for me.

      • plateee@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        19 days ago

        I’m using restic and targeting Wasabi S3 for the backend. It’s not super user friendly, but it’s cheap.

        • shrek_is_love@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          19 days ago

          I’ve been using restic as well, but with Backblaze B2. So technically this issue doesn’t affect me, but they’re on thin ice so I might switch to another S3 provider. What made you go with Wasabi?

          • plateee@piefed.socialEnglish
            2·
            18 days ago

            I was looking for off-site back options and S3 seemed to play nice with restic (I had been backing up to my NAS).

            Wasabi was interesting because they charged a flat fee pert TB and don’t charge for egress (when I have to restore).

            They’ve been rock solid for a few years now, in addition to restic backups, I’m using them for my terraform state file storage and a static site hosting https://stronk.bond/.

  • CompactFlaxEnglish
    6·
    19 days ago

    I wonder if the file pointers instead of actual files is a technical hurdle. (OneDrive/dropbox).

    But it really needs to be communicated to users, not just “hopefully you notice at some point, also we put it on our blog”.

    Especially git. That’s not a lot of data.

  • rekabis@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    19 days ago

    I have never trusted when I had to use both backup software and backup storage from the same company. I always thought it would lead to abuses like this.

    So I use a third-party backup software - I have had great success with Duplicati - and back that up to BackBlaze B2.