It's very cheap and effective for archival storage without having to deal with time/cost issues when you actually need to retrieve something. I use it for all my media so I can store terabytes and download in minutes for viewing.
Bandwidth is limited since they aren't connected like the major clouds, but it's workable if you don't need gigabit speeds. Single API key for permissions and lacks all the other features like events, object lifecycle, etc. Basic reporting but shows bucket size in real-time which is nice.
API can be annoying because it requires a request to "start" an upload (to get the address of where to upload), then doing the actual upload itself, but this can be automated away. Only single region for now (with multiple datacenters that aren't visible to you) so no global replication for extra durability or locality.
They have a partnership with https://www.packet.net (cloud bare metal) for free interconnect between their servers and B2 so you can do processing on your data without the public internet bottleneck and fees. Allows for an interesting data lake/warehouse option.
Use Cyberduck for a decent GUI client. If you just need personal computer backup, then use their actual backup offering which is unlimited storage and has auto-uploading background app.
Perhaps. Personally I use Arq with B2 for a back end, and this usually costs me less than $1/mo (their regular backup starts at $5). In addition, using B2 with something like duplicity is the better approach for backing up Linux or NAS boxes, where their official client is not supported.
Bandwidth is limited since they aren't connected like the major clouds, but it's workable if you don't need gigabit speeds. Single API key for permissions and lacks all the other features like events, object lifecycle, etc. Basic reporting but shows bucket size in real-time which is nice.
API can be annoying because it requires a request to "start" an upload (to get the address of where to upload), then doing the actual upload itself, but this can be automated away. Only single region for now (with multiple datacenters that aren't visible to you) so no global replication for extra durability or locality.
They have a partnership with https://www.packet.net (cloud bare metal) for free interconnect between their servers and B2 so you can do processing on your data without the public internet bottleneck and fees. Allows for an interesting data lake/warehouse option.
Use Cyberduck for a decent GUI client. If you just need personal computer backup, then use their actual backup offering which is unlimited storage and has auto-uploading background app.