Backblaze Capability Questions

[fischej (Jeff Fischer)]

@ted1

Now that I’m graduating, I don’t need to do much file sharing so now I’m looking for a cloud backup solution.

Makes sense, and congratulations! You’ll find the question of “which cloud backup solution should I use?” has been discussed at great length here previously. You may want to read through those discussions to help you make a decision. For example this one:

Performance of Backblaze vs. Arq Backup

Hi folks, I’ve been using Arq for a number of years since CrashPlan’s demise. Generally it has worked fine. But it seems to have a performance / optimization problem. A typical incremental run can take 10 hours, thought it varies widely. Depending on when the runs take place, the iMac can effectively be backing up ALL THE TIME. And in spite of the options to Throttle Disk I/O and other resources, I almost always have to pause it to keep my iMac from being unusably slow. Here is a sample run wi…

or this one:

CrashPlan vs. Backblaze (redux)

Back at the time of the Great CrashPlan Debacle, I looked hard at the pros and cons of switching to Backblaze. What kept me on CP for the time was mainly their unlimited deleted file retention policy. They are now changing that to 90 days. Still better than Backblaze (30 days), but a big enough change that I’m revisiting the question. CP is also more expensive (I back up five Macs). Interested in any further comments on this choice before I make a decision. Thanks!