As you know I’m a huge supporter of Backblaze (having written a very popular post on the topic “Cloud Backup Backblaze in the Real World” last year), so seeing anything negative about a service I rely on is sure to get my hackles up! It’s about a disturbing statement I read on the Haystack website, which I immediately challenged Backblaze on. Backup Bouncer TestĪnyway, this article isn’t about Arq or Glacier. Granted, you can buy a 3TB USB 3 hard drive today for just $130 and ship that to a friend on the other side of the country for safe keeping, but by now I think we all know the advantages of automated, offsite backup. There are initial upload and then retrieval charges to consider as well, but the peace of mind of online/cloud backup is hard to put a price on. Since Glacier is only $.01 per GB per month (about $10 per TB), it’s a pretty good deal. This is a $29 app that gives you a clean interface to Amazon’s S3 or Glacier servers, allowing you to use Amazon as a backup service. Recently I was introduced to a backup application called Arq, by Haystack Software.

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