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tinsukE<p>I've been migrating from Big/US Tech due to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> reasons for a while. I use <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Proton</span></a> since 2021, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> since 2022, etc.</p><p>One of the things I was reluctant to change was my off-site <a href="https://mas.to/tags/backup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backup</span></a> solution: <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backblaze</span></a> B2.</p><p>Reason? Price. It costs me ~$2.50/month to store ~500GB.</p><p>I already knew what to switch to: <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hetzner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hetzner</span></a> Box.</p><p>But it costs €3.87/month flat for 1TB. So I was waiting for my "stuff" (mostly photos) to grow enough to be worth it.</p><p>Today I decided to put my money where my mouth is!</p>
Richard "mtfnpy" Harman (he/him)<p>I vaguely recall hearing something about <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BackBlaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackBlaze</span></a> dying or becoming sour; what do folks recommend for a bulk file storage service in the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/rsync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rsync</span></a>?</p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>How 300,000+ hard drives performed in the real world <a href="https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/15/backblaze-q1-2025-hard-drive-reliability-report/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/15</span><span class="invisible">/backblaze-q1-2025-hard-drive-reliability-report/</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backblaze</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/report" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>report</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a></p>
Cory Dransfeldt :demi:<p>📝 Managing music with rclone <a href="https://follow.coryd.dev/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Development</span></a> <a href="https://follow.coryd.dev/tags/Webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Webdev</span></a> <a href="https://follow.coryd.dev/tags/Backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backblaze</span></a> <a href="https://follow.coryd.dev/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a></p><p>I've been listening to my music via Navidrome for a bit now and it's working quite well. To manage my music, I use rclone locally and on my host machine.</p><p><a href="https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/managing-music-with-rclone" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">coryd.dev/posts/2025/managing-</span><span class="invisible">music-with-rclone</span></a></p>
Jason Tubnor 🇦🇺Alternatives to <a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.feditime.com/tag/backblaze" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Backblaze</a> B2? Go!
IT News<p>Backblaze responds to claims of “sham accounting,” customer backups at risk - Backblaze is dismissing allegations from a short seller that it engaged in... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/backblaze-responds-to-claims-of-sham-accounting-customer-backups-at-risk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/backblaze-responds-to-claims-of-sham-accounting-customer-backups-at-risk/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backblaze</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/biz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biz</span></a>⁢ <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
Jay Peach<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@amcooper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>amcooper</span></a></span> ya, <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/Backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backblaze</span></a> looks like a failing company. Time to bail. Anybody know of an article that compares companies in the same space?</p>
plague-of-grackles 😷🍉🐈‍⬛<p>Ugh I'm a <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backblaze</span></a> customer and it looks like we gotta leave. Maybe for Wasabi? Anyone have a provider they like?</p><p><a href="https://www.morpheus-research.com/backblaze/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">morpheus-research.com/backblaz</span><span class="invisible">e/</span></a></p><p>H/t @/jbz@indieweb.social</p>
jbz<p>In case it wasn't already obvious, move your stuff from Backblaze. You don't wanna gamble with your backups. </p><p><a href="https://www.morpheus-research.com/backblaze/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">morpheus-research.com/backblaz</span><span class="invisible">e/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backblaze</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a></p>
jbz<p>🔥Backblaze: A Loss-Making Data Storage Business Mired in Lawsuits, Sham Accounting, and Brazen Insider Dumping </p><p>｢ 4 months into selling his shares, Backblaze co-founder &amp; CTO Brian Wilson wrote in an internal email, “if BLZE goes straight down to zero, each day I sold was beyond totally justified and I won’t regret it” shortly before resigning amidst continued share sales, according to Backblaze’s former VP of Investor Relations ｣</p><p><a href="https://www.morpheus-research.com/backblaze/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">morpheus-research.com/backblaz</span><span class="invisible">e/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backblaze</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/fatfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fatfire</span></a></p>
Dismal Manor Gang<p>45Drives Knowledge Base ZFS installation guide. </p><p><a href="https://knowledgebase.45drives.com/kbtopic/rocky-linux/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowledgebase.45drives.com/kbt</span><span class="invisible">opic/rocky-linux/</span></a></p><p>There are also guides for setting up Ceph clusters.</p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Synology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Synology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/45homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>45homelab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/45drives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>45drives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backblaze</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rockylinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rockylinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HoustonUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HoustonUI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cockpit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cockpit</span></a></p>
Dismal Manor Gang<p><a href="https://apple.news/ASe4PO-R1QCGA_dILMd4-Eg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apple.news/ASe4PO-R1QCGA_dILMd</span><span class="invisible">4-Eg</span></a><br>Future Synology storage systems will require Synology branded mass storage. </p><p>I’ve never been a fan of these Taiwanese storage systems simply because file systems and redundancy technology could not be ascertained pre-sale. </p><p>Dismal Manor Gang has 2 TrueNAS Mini+ and a 45homelab.com (Storinator mob, storage for BackBlaze) hl4 4 slot available from bare metal to built &amp; burned in Zen4 systems. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Synology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Synology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/45homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>45homelab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/45drives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>45drives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backblaze</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rockylinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rockylinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HoustonUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HoustonUI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cockpit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cockpit</span></a></p>
Jon Evans :BA:<p>Any recommendations for a good UK / EU alternative to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backblaze</span></a>? For backing up 3 Macs, plus I also back up my NAS to B2.</p>
Cadu Silva :verifiedcat:<p>If you're using Backblaze B2 to host your media, you may be seeing errors mentioning "x-amz-checksum-algorithm" or "x-amz-checksum-crc32".</p><p>It's a known issue and the Mastodon dev team is looking into it.</p><p>:github: <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/33624" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i</span><span class="invisible">ssues/33624</span></a></p><p>In the link above there are some workarounds, like Mastodon locking the S3 gem to a pre-checksum version and some environment variables for your .env.production file.</p><p>OVH Object Storage, as per my tests, is not currently affected by this.</p><p><a href="https://bolha.one/tags/MastoAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://bolha.one/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://bolha.one/tags/Backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backblaze</span></a> <a href="https://bolha.one/tags/ObjectStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectStorage</span></a></p>
Michael<p>I’m getting a lot of <code>Stoplight::Error::RedLight: object-storage</code> and <code>Aws::S3::Errors::InvalidArgument: Unsupported header 'x-amz-checksum-crc32' received for this API call.</code> errors in sidekiq today. My images are all missing. </p><p>I’m using Backblaze B2 for object storage. </p><p>Any advice on what to do? Thanks!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.thms.uk/tags/mastoadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastoadmin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.thms.uk/tags/backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backblaze</span></a></p>
Dis<p><span>Hey </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/backblaze" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#backblaze</a><span>! What other company do you think leaked that specific email address? Show your reasoning please.<br><br>I hate this passive "someone else must have done it" bullshit. Look carefully at the address they sent to..<br><br></span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/s3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#s3</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/securityalert" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#securityalert</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/breach" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#breach</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/backblazebreach" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#backblazebreach</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/b2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#b2</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/b2breach" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#b2breach</a></p>
blami<p>I know its like a drop in the ocean but we sat down today and went through <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> based services we use here in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JP</span></a>. We cancelled <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Spotify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spotify</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Youtube</span></a> Premium, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Netflix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netflix</span></a> (no replacements for now), <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> Prime (<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rakuten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rakuten</span></a>), plan to move our <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IBKR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBKR</span></a> portfolios over to Rakuten Securities and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Degiro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degiro</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adobe</span></a> CC. I am still looking for good replacement for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cloudflare</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backblaze</span></a> and we need to decide what to do with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> iCloud and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> One, GMail and their other services.</p>
rameez 🍉<p>Trying out <a href="https://photosplus.app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">photosplus.app</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>It is a bring-your-own-cloud <a href="https://social.lol/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a>, <a href="https://social.lol/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> and <a href="https://social.lol/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> app for photo &amp; video <a href="https://social.lol/tags/backup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backup</span></a>. The apps are a little rough around the edges. For example, the menus and interactions are a bit weird. </p><p>But it does what it says on the tin. Keeping it around to see if this can help break dependency on Big Tech while also saving on storage costs.</p><p>I have tried both <a href="https://social.lol/tags/Backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backblaze</span></a> B2 and <a href="https://social.lol/tags/Storj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Storj</span></a> as storage backends on the app. So far Storj is much faster.</p><p><a href="https://social.lol/tags/PhotoPlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhotoPlus</span></a></p>
Steve Duncan<p>Can someone point me to a pragmatic guide to person information security best practices for backups? </p><p>Specifically, I’m wondering how offline backups should be secured when using Backblaze &amp; Backblaze b2. How do I ensure that when I need to restore, I'll have the keys/passwords necessary, if I’m not relying on memory? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backblaze</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/offsite_backup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offsite_backup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mymemorysucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mymemorysucks</span></a></p>
furicle<p>Just had a lovely interaction with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backblaze</span></a> support.</p><p>They completely, and in detail, answered my support request in the very first reply to my inquiry.</p><p>Thought I'd share something positive for a change 🙂</p>
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