The cloud service I found most recommended for technical-proficient, privacy-conscious folks was Tarsnap. (While looking for cloud back-up services, I also was pointed to pCloud, which looks interesting and offers interesting lifetime pricing options.) If you’re comfortable on the command line… I’ve heard good things about Backblaze, but as someone who was already running Restic commands about every week for local back-ups, I wanted to keep exploring and see if I could find a more technical solution that might work better for me. They’ve got an article titled “Best Online Cloud Backup Service” and as of today, their pick is Backblaze ($70 per year) (note this is distinct from “Backblaze B2”).

Starting my research (or, if you’re not comfortable with the command line)Īs usual, I started my research at Wirecutter. But, as I’ve been reminded, drives fail, and while I’m now considering buying a NAS, I also wanted to see what cloud storage I could figure out here in 2023. I did a Restic restore after switching Linux distros last year and it worked well. I’ve used it ever since and really like it. I’m very comfortable on the command line and am pretty privacy-conscious.įor some context, back in 2021 I started using a command line tool called Restic for local back-ups. I’ll note right off the bat that I’m not a typical computer user. It got me thinking that it might be time for me to explore cloud (or online) back-ups. A few months ago I had a 4TB external hard drive fail on me (it may have been because I stored it on top of a medium-sized speaker…).

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