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Keeping Backup Costs Down with B2?
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Does it have to be B2? If you want free egress and cheap storage, you may also consider Hetzner's storage boxes.
I'll check out Hetzner. I kept seeing B2 come up so started with researching it.
I moved from Backblaze to a Hetzner storagebox, to backup my Arch (btw) NAS.
Simpler to work with and cheaper.
I'll have to give that a look. I spun up immich to replace Google photos but I can't fully switch over till I have them in a cloud backup. Everything else is config/docker files that are small.
Feel free to DM me if you have questions or encounter issues. I'm using restic + hetzner myself.