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by lambda_tango 2382 days ago
Backblaze personal backup used to only keep files for 30 days from your last activity, although I see they now let you keep old files for a year, for an extra $2/month.

Personally, I use Arq Backup and Backblaze B2 (their “real” cloud storage). Arq is a one-time paid app that does differential encrypted backups to your choice of local storage or cloud provider.

Keeping 1TB of backups cost me around $5 per month, and the files won’t disappear on me if my computer stops working for a month.

https://www.arqbackup.com/

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If anyone looking to try it but wants something open source for a client, have a look at http://restic.net. Been using it to backup V MO to B2 for over a year now.

Also, Arq is “one time buy” just for one version apparently.

I've discovered Restic while playing with Golang, looks pretty neat. Have you had any issues with stability or corruption of your data? what are you using for encryption (if any?) thanks in advance.
Restic backs up my NAS to B2 without issue. I don't have a file set that changes much though, but it includes backup verification via `restic check`
Sounds good, I will def give it a go! (no pun intended) :)
That seems much cheaper than S3. I assume even Glacier isn’t that much cheaper per month and a pain to pay to take files out.