In my disaster recovery protocols, Backblaze B2 is the “Immutable Vault.” I do not rely on hosting providers alone for backups, as that creates a single point of failure. I treat Backblaze as an off-site, air-gapped storage repository for critical data assets.

Its S3-compatible API allows me to integrate it seamlessly into my server management scripts. We pipe encrypted, incremental backups of databases and file systems directly to their B2 buckets every hour. The architectural advantage here is cost-effective reliability. It allows us to retain massive archives of historical data without the prohibitive costs of AWS S3. If a catastrophic server failure occurs, Backblaze is the foundation upon which we rebuild the ecosystem.