1/11/2024 0 Comments Backblaze pricing 7 tb![]() ![]() Now, at some point, perhaps after 5 or 10 years, there may be an ROI using S3 instead of BackBlaze B2, but perhaps not. ResultsĪWS S3 Intelligent Tiering vs BackBlaze B2 USD Costs with NAS dataĩ Month Running Cost: $210.39 (AWS) vs $105.06 (B2).Įven at 9 months, S3 Intelligent Tiering is more expensive than B2’s monthly costs, and the running cost for S3 is double that of B2. In June of 2022, I set up TrueNAS’s Cloud Sync Task (which uses rclone) to use both S3 and AWS to backup to the cloud once a week on staggering days. This gives me 30 days worth of immutable backups to help protect against corrupted data due to a bug, mistake, or compromise of the TrueNAS system. For both AWS and BackBlaze, I set a 30-day versioning rule and expired non-current versions after 30 days.For AWS I set up a policy on the Intelligent Tiering Configuration to move files to Deep Archive after 180 days.For my data set, it turns out the ROI for using AWS S3 is so far out it’s probably not worth it. ![]() My theory is that BackBlaze would be initially cheaper, but AWS would become less expensive within 6-months as things were moved into S3 Deep Archive. Intelligent tiering automates storage tiers and smooths out your costs on S3 a bit. I do keep most older years compressed but I like to keep the last couple of years open and that can end up being hundreds, if not thousands of dollars per month in list requests.īut you can use Intelligent Tiering, which has more reasonable request charges and still lets you lifecycle files into the Glacier Deep Archive Tier after 180 days–bypassing the Deep Archive list charges. When you have a lot of files, this gets expensive fast, so I shut it down. I got a huge bill… so the Deep Archive tier charges $0.05 per 1,000 requests (put, copy, post, list). Plus, the API fees can cost a lot (especially for lots of small files).Īt first, I thought I’d backup my archive data (which rarely changes) to Glacier Deep Archive. The AWS Glacier tier of $0.99 cheaper than BackBlaze’s $5, but there is a minimum storage commitment of 180 days (change or delete a file early and you’ll pay for it upfront) and a retrieval delay of up to 12 hours. ![]() And if I had a catastrophic event that took out my laptop and local backups, $90/TB would be small potatoes in the grand scheme of things. However, the likelihood of losing two local copies is slim.
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