Blackblaze B2 status and alternatives
from xana@lemmy.zip to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 20:00
https://lemmy.zip/post/66273151

Hello,

I know it is strictly related to selfhosting but I don’t have a reddit account so please bear with me. I’ve been using a Blackblaze B2 bucket as the storage for my restic backup for my whole homelab for a while and recently when reading from that bucket it is so so so so so so slow and unreliable (a lot of unexpected EOF and interruption). I’ve tested this on several machines (including a VPS on Hetzer) and I can access other sites just fine. Their status page says nothing and I wonder is it just me or do some of you also experience the same thing ?

Also any alternative recommendation is welcome but I can not selfhost my S3 at the moment :(

Thank you very much!

Edit: this is the log for my restic check --read-data (something similar on Hetzner VPS).

create exclusive lock for repository
load indexes
check all packs
check snapshots, trees and blobs
Load(<data/ef0e80ecc6>, 541, 6322304) returned error, retrying after 508.096097ms: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/ef0e80ecc6>, 541, 6322304) operation successful after 1 retries
Load(<data/c10459132f>, 535, 14002087) returned error, retrying after 1.352882596s: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/c10459132f>, 535, 14002087) operation successful after 1 retries
Load(<data/44089c2105>, 536, 10041504) returned error, retrying after 1.094099947s: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/44089c2105>, 536, 10041504) operation successful after 1 retries
Load(<data/c10459132f>, 481, 3262415) returned error, retrying after 1.418694544s: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/927e700367>, 467, 7776453) returned error, retrying after 634.119689ms: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/927e700367>, 473, 7798234) returned error, retrying after 849.03055ms: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/927e700367>, 467, 7776453) returned error, retrying after 1.243622488s: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/653ef7abb0>, 523, 8280899) returned error, retrying after 578.669152ms: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/fd9edf4117>, 533, 485866) returned error, retrying after 823.382046ms: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/c10459132f>, 528, 3248055) returned error, retrying after 1.402372952s: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/c10459132f>, 524, 3175555) returned error, retrying after 1.425799941s: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/9b179c749d>, 534, 13802701) returned error, retrying after 1.234603672s: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/7b827c96f6>, 531, 8412866) returned error, retrying after 1.49579899s: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/ef0e80ecc6>, 530, 5093059) returned error, retrying after 1.405885227s: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/927e700367>, 409, 7763564) returned error, retrying after 798.04783ms: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/c10459132f>, 481, 3262415) returned error, retrying after 1.362966862s: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/653ef7abb0>, 523, 8280899) returned error, retrying after 2.966804822s: unexpected EOF
Load(<data/927e700367>, 467, 7776453) operation successful after 2 retries
Load(<data/fd9edf4117>, 533, 485866) operation successful after 1 retries
Load(<data/927e700367>, 409, 7763564) operation successful after 1 retries
Load(<data/9b179c749d>, 534, 13802701) operation successful after 1 retries
Load(<data/c10459132f>, 528, 3248055) operation successful after 1 retries
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cybervseas@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 20:10 next collapse

I think thinking about offsite backup/object storage is very relevant to self hosting.

I’ve been on backblaze and using my bucket for video and it has been working well. I know it’s a pain but have you tried setting up a new bucket? Maybe you got a weird server in their data center …

xana@lemmy.zip on 16 Jun 20:32 collapse

Thank you for your reply :D To be honest I am thinking about setting up a new bucket as well but I can not move the data out because it will takes forever

NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net on 16 Jun 22:02 next collapse

I use Jottacloud for off site restic backups. You have to use rclone, but it’s not too tricky. I don’t know how well it works outside of Europe. It’s cheap and can store terabytes of data!

AustralianSimon@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 22:14 next collapse

I set up Backblaze for my Synology NAS’ and while I check to make sure it is working I’ve never had to touch it otherwise.

Mad_Punda@feddit.org on 16 Jun 22:16 collapse

My restic backups go to a bucket on scaleway. I’m not having any trouble with that.

They have a free trial, so maybe you could try and see if it works better for you.

I have experienced restic being very slow when it didn’t have a cache. Maybe something worth double checking. I believe it mentions it in the output.