{"id":41825,"date":"2021-02-26T09:57:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T09:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=347690f158e821857ea37983bf911bd3"},"modified":"2021-02-26T09:57:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T09:57:42","slug":"backblaze-personal-review-the-simplest-cloud-backup-weve-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/backblaze-personal-review-the-simplest-cloud-backup-weve-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Personal review: The simplest cloud backup we\u2019ve seen"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Darien Graham-Smith<\/a><\/span>
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26 Feb, 2021<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\nBackblaze only does one thing, but it does it well<\/p>\n

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Price <\/div>\n
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$6<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When it comes to cloud backup, it doesn\u2019t get much easier than Backblaze. There are only three buttons, and you needn\u2019t touch any of them: it comes configured to scan your system for personal files, no matter where they\u2019re located on your network, and automatically upload them to Backblaze\u2019s servers. Continual updates occur whenever you make a change or create a new document. For most people, that\u2019s ample protection with zero configuration.<\/p>\n

Of course, if you want to get your hands dirty, there are a few things you can customise. Specific file types, locations and drives can be included and excluded \u2013 you\u2019re even able to back up external drives \u2013 and you can optionally switch from continuous operation to daily or on-demand backups. And if you don\u2019t trust the automatic encryption, you can also set your own encryption key.<\/p>\n

For the most part, though, you shouldn\u2019t need to interact with Backblaze until it\u2019s time to restore a backed-up item. Even then, the client stays in the background because your uploaded files are browsed and downloaded from the publisher\u2019s website. Here you can also rescue lost or overwritten files from the past 30 days, and if one of your computers is stolen, you can bring up a map showing where it was when the Backblaze software last touched base.<\/p>\n

On that note, be aware that your subscription only entitles you to back up a single PC or Mac. That\u2019s a necessary restriction: each account comes with unlimited storage to ensure that even the biggest files get protected. And remember that if you work with big video files or the like, they will inevitably take a while to reach Backblaze\u2019s servers. Our 2GB folder took 49mins 35secs to upload. That\u2019s a step up from some of the most sluggish options we\u2019ve seen, but it\u2019s still a drag if you want to back up your day\u2019s work before leaving the office.<\/p>\n

The final thing to be clear about is that Backblaze is very much a single-purpose tool: it doesn\u2019t handle local backups at all, nor can it create an image of your hard disk for disaster-recovery purposes. That means it\u2019s only one component in a backup strategy, rather than a complete solution \u2013 but as cloud components go, it\u2019s terrifically convenient and effective.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Darien Graham-Smith<\/p>\n

26 Feb, 2021
\nBackblaze only does one thing, but it does it well<\/p>\n

Price <\/p>\n

$6
\n When it comes to cloud backup, it doesn\u2019t get much easier than Backblaze. Ther…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":405,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41826,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41825\/revisions\/41826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}