The article walks through implementing the 3-2-1 backup strategy using restic for encryption and deduplication, paired with Backblaze B2 cloud storage for the offsite copy. It covers setting up a Backblaze B2 bucket with lifecycle rules to avoid extra charges, configuring restic credentials, and storing encryption keys securely.
Background
The 3-2-1 backup strategy is a widely recommended data protection standard: maintain three copies of data on two different media types, with one copy stored offsite. restic is an open-source deduplicating backup tool that supports encrypted backups to various backends.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Oct 12, 2026 at 12:21 PM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10