I’ve been backing up to a dedicated hard disk within the same server for all my backups in case my disks fail. And as I run more and more services, the concern of disks failures grow bigger.

I’m looking for a cheapish off-site backup solution and I’m just curious what everyone does for their 3-2-1 backup solutions.

  • D4NM3DEnglish
    4•2 years ago

    wasabi is cheaper than B2 unless…

    • you store less than 1TB (they charge for a minimum of 1TB even if you store nothing)
    • you pay for any data you upload for 90 days minimum… so if you upload 500GB and then delete it within 90 days, you’re paying for it for the duration anyway…
    • You can only download the same amount as you store in a month without incurring egress costs.

    The 3 points above are how they can not charge egress for the majority of people.

    • @FineWolfEnglish
      2•2 years ago

      Remember, this is for an offsite backup scenario.

      wasabi is cheaper than B2 unless… you store less than 1TB

      Yeah, absolutely. In my case, I backup way more than 1TB.

      you pay for any data you upload for 90 days minimum

      Which is absolutely acceptable in a offsite backup scenario. The data there is present for a long time, and if you use a solution like Restic which has deduplication capabilities, this is not an issue.

      You can only download the same amount as you store in a month without incurring egress costs.

      This is false. You can only download the same amount as you store in a month without violating the terms of service. That said, I’ve been using Wasabi in a professional manner for a number of years now, and as long as it isn’t a regular occurrence, you can always contact support and give them a heads up that you do need to have more egress in a month.

      This only occurs if you have to do a full restore TWICE in a month, which I had to once due to our team not noticing that the SAS controlled had failed and was responsible for corrupting data; not the drives. Support was quick, and it was no issue. Still didn’t pay for that egress.