Backblaze Review
As you guys know, I really only review stuff that I actively utilize in my regular computing and photography habits.
I use Backblaze as my backup solution for the “cloud”. Yes, locally I have a Drobo and a few other little solutions. However, in case the house burns down or everything is stolen by a thief in the night, it’s very nice to know all of my stuff is backed up out there in the cloud.
Backblaze runs in the background and doesn’t get in the way. It takes a long time the first time you back everything up, but then it incrementally does it as new files come into being and as files change. It’s very smart, and it really does not eat up my active bandwidth. It is smart at running at night and when I’m not around.
Also, it is extremely extremely inexpensive! I think you will be surprised! I don’t want to mention the cost here, because it may change in a few months and this will be out of date. At the time I got it, it was less than $7 a month.
If you’d like to give Backblaze a try, they have a nice trial period. It’s really very easy and idiot-proof, which is good for someone of my idiocy.
Thanks for the review. I’ve been thinking about using this service and now I definitely will! “Trey says it’s good so I MUST use it!” hehe
I’ll second this. I’ve been using BackBlaze for about 6 months now. It’s incredibly easy to set up, works in the background, takes very little CPU and has a rather nice control panel allowing you to throttle it’s use of your uplink bandwidth. Their online interface to your stored files is also clean and intuitive.
I completely agree – I grabbed Backblaze for my cloud backup in February – now I’m only half-way through backing things up (I don’t leave the computer on all the time), but half is better than nothing, and I’m confident it will finish the job.
Truly idiot-proof. You install it, and then it runs. it backs up EVERYTHING on your computer, so if you don’t care about your system files or something you have to tell it which folders to exclude.
Hehe thanks – that’s great…. glad you guys agree with me!
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I’ve been using Mozy for the same purpose for over a year now. I’ve got almost 400GB up there now. It took quite a while, but it’s worth it.
The only complaint I have is that when I got a new external drive, it thought all the files were new and I had to re-upload them all. Any idea if Backblaze has a similar problem?
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I was about to install backblaze and start using it but the thing that hold me back from using it asap was the 4gb limitation in file size???
It’s stupid.
I want to backup the ISO’s of my paid software in case PS or other programs I have on DVD stop working.
I also want to backup my FullHD movies.
Ok you never film something continuously so you exceed the 4gb limitation of backblaze, but when you combine the seperate files in order to make a short film you end up with files exceeding 4gb.
What’s your thoughts about it TREY?
I am asking because I read about backblaze in your last ebook (digital workflow) and I want to start implementing your workflow…
Thanks a lot in advance!!!
Yes that 4GB thing is a problem — if you have more than that, best not to use Backblaze. I don’t have more than that (yet), so I am okay for now.
I read a new review saying that they don’t have any useful support.
I had the same experience. Stay away.