Crystal Web ADSL performance feedback thread Part 3...

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I just signed up for Backblaze, an unlimited online backup facility. I hope Crystal Web doesn't hate me if 7TB of usage comes out of my household this month (6TB backups + the usual 1TB usage).
 
Bryn said:
I just signed up for Backblaze, an unlimited online backup facility. I hope Crystal Web doesn't hate me if 7TB of usage comes out of my household this month (6TB backups + the usual 1TB usage).
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Ha, once you see how slow the uploads will be...
 
Waylander said:
Ha, once you see how slow the uploads will be...
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So the performance options in the settings don't work then? I Googled and Backblaze claims they can max out any connection. Seems retarded that a backup service not be proficient in the art of uploading.

Is CrashPlan any better? I'm not too gutted if it turns out that Backblaze sucks, as my 6 month account was part of the latest Humble Bundle and the entire lot only cost me R65.
 
Bryn said:
So the performance options in the settings don't work then?
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They do, but they're not magic. Play around with it a bit and see for yourself.[/QUOTE]
Bryn said:
I Googled and Backblaze claims they can max out any connection. Seems retarded that a backup service not be proficient in the art of uploading.
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They are, which is why they can support many thousands of people uploading multiple hundred terabytes per day for $5 (in your case, nearly nothing)
Bryn said:
Is CrashPlan any better? I'm not too gutted if it turns out that Backblaze sucks, as my 6 month account was part of the latest Humble Bundle and the entire lot only cost me R65.
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I have not used CrashPlan so I wouldn't know
//eyes HumbleBundle :whistle:
 
Bryn said:
So the performance options in the settings don't work then? I Googled and Backblaze claims they can max out any connection. Seems retarded that a backup service not be proficient in the art of uploading.

Is CrashPlan any better? I'm not too gutted if it turns out that Backblaze sucks, as my 6 month account was part of the latest Humble Bundle and the entire lot only cost me R65.
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What are you planning to backup? Videos? I suggest you have a look at encfs + their b2 cli.
 
Some questions if you're not tooo busy: What is the latency like to London gaming severs? Is there shaping on capped accounts?

How long are web browsing traffic logs kept for? What other kind of logging do you guys implement apart from access tel nos/dates/times/bandwidth usage? Is P2p shaped?

Apologies for all the questions - thinking of moving providers.
 
ajan said:
What are you planning to backup? Videos? I suggest you have a look at encfs + their b2 cli.
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They are a fair number of video files. 6TB on their B2 would cost $30pm. I'd sooner just pay $60 a year for Amazon Unlimited storage. I'm not looking for general online storage anyway - I'm covered for that with Google Drive and OneDrive (I use Office 365, which includes 1TB). I just want everything backed up. Can't beat $5pm.

Shaun108 said:
Some questions if you're not tooo busy: What is the latency like to London gaming severs? Is there shaping on capped accounts?

How long are web browsing traffic logs kept for? What other kind of logging do you guys implement apart from access tel nos/dates/times/bandwidth usage? Is P2p shaped?

Apologies for all the questions - thinking of moving providers.
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I'm on Xtreme Capped and don't experience shaping ever.

Not sure how I can help with regards to gaming latency as I'm not a huge gamer and there are so many different servers used by games. If you have a particular address you'd like me to ping or trace route I'd be happy to.
 
Bryn said:
They are a fair number of video files. 6TB on their B2 would cost $30pm. I'd sooner just pay $60 a year for Amazon Unlimited storage. I'm not looking for general online storage anyway - I'm covered for that with Google Drive and OneDrive (I use Office 365, which includes 1TB). I just want everything backed up. Can't beat $5pm.
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I'm not directly referring to B2 itself. B2 cli link is just a command line uploader for backblaze. If my "assumption" is correct about what type of media (Applies to personal) you are going to upload. It's best to make sure it's encrypted before you upload, that's where encfs comes into play. There's been plenty of stories from Amazon side where chat support employees just entered user's drives. That could very much apply for backblaze.
 
Anyone else experiencing rubber banding in CSGO? I switched to Crystal Web this month the 250GB Xtreme home capped have been having issues in games where I teleport back every now and then. It's like my client side gets out of sync with the server - happens in all game modes (casual, competitive, deathmatch etc.)

I tested it out with my remaining Afrihost data and had no issues so it seems to be the account and not my 20mbps fibre line.
 
ajan said:
I'm not directly referring to B2 itself. B2 cli link is just a command line uploader for backblaze. If my "assumption" is correct about what type of media (Applies to personal) you are going to upload. It's best to make sure it's encrypted before you upload, that's where encfs comes into play. There's been plenty of stories from Amazon side where chat support employees just entered user's drives. That could very much apply for backblaze.
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I think Backblaze take encryption seriously though?

https://www.backblaze.com/backup-encryption.html

When you use Backblaze, data encryption is built in. Files scheduled for backup are encrypted on your machine. These encrypted files are then transferred over a secure SSL (https) connection to a Backblaze datacenter where they are stored encrypted on disk. We use a combination of proven industry standard public/private and symmetric encryption methods to accomplish this task. To a Backblaze customer all of this is invisible and automatic. For example, when you create your Backblaze account, we automatically generate your private key that is used to uniquely protect your data throughout our system.
 
Backblaze allows you to set your own encryption passphrase too, so even if someone gets your account password, your account 2FA element they will still need your decryption key which only you know.

@Bryn
How are the speeds so far?
 
Waylander said:
Backblaze allows you to set your own encryption passphrase too, so even if someone gets your account password, your account 2FA element they will still need your decryption key which only you know.

@Bryn
How are the speeds so far?
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Thanks, I'll look into that.

It's not quite as fast as it was at my previous address (97Mbps), but considering it's over 90Mbps and that upload speed has since doubled on Openserve, I'm super happy:

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Bryn said:
Thanks, I'll look into that.

It's not quite as fast as it was at my previous address (97Mbps), but considering it's over 90Mbps and that upload speed has since doubled on Openserve, I'm super happy:

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Good to see, and on Backblaze? Also, have you tried another ISP to test whether the 94Mbs limit is CW or an improperly configured line?
 
Waylander said:
Good to see, and on Backblaze? Also, have you tried another ISP to test whether the 94Mbs limit is CW or an improperly configured line?
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Nope, don't have another account to test with. My free 1GB Afrihost account doesn't work at all on my fibre line. I've got Backblaze running right now, and even with all settings optimised for max speed I'm getting a paltry 14Mbps. I don't know if that's a fair reflection of their software though, as the number of files being uploaded every second is pretty high. Maybe you can only go so fast when uploading small files. I'm hoping it hits 40+Mbps for large files.

I wouldn't know if my line isn't properly configured. The Telkom technician hasn't technically finished the installation, as the black box thing still needs to be mounted at the top of the pole. He'll run tests I'm sure to make sure it's optimised. The line is working though so I connected everything up myself inside the study (basic connections between ONT, router etc.).
 
Bryn said:
My free 1GB Afrihost account doesn't work at all on my fibre line. I've got Backblaze running right now, and even with all settings optimised for max speed I'm getting a paltry 14Mbps. I don't know if that's a fair reflection of their software though, as the number of files being uploaded every second is pretty high. Maybe you can only go so fast when uploading small files. I'm hoping it hits 40+Mbps for large files.
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Nope, that is the speed you will get on large and small files. Good luck uploading all that data @ that speed :whistle:
 
Waylander said:
Nope, that is the speed you will get on large and small files. Good luck uploading all that data @ that speed :whistle:
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I've submitted a ticket, so I'll see what they say and if there's something I'm not doing right. It's not so much the upload speed that would be a deal breaker for me, as I don't really care if it takes over a month to get all my data backed up in the cloud. The problem is that I wouldn't have faith in the download speed, and there's no way I would tolerate anything but line speed if I needed to download my data.

If Backblaze can't improve their speed then I'll invest in a 10TB hard drive and just make do with local backups only.
 
Bryn said:
I've submitted a ticket, so I'll see what they say and if there's something I'm not doing right. It's not so much the upload speed that would be a deal breaker for me, as I don't really care if it takes over a month to get all my data backed up in the cloud. The problem is that I wouldn't have faith in the download speed, and there's no way I would tolerate anything but line speed if I needed to download my data.

If Backblaze can't improve their speed then I'll invest in a 10TB hard drive and just make do with local backups only.
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The download speeds are usually much better, reason being that Backblaze's customers mostly upload data, so the downloads run much faster as less users are slamming their servers.
 
Waylander said:
The download speeds are usually much better, reason being that Backblaze's customers mostly upload data, so the downloads run much faster as less users are slamming their servers.
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Well I have 6 months of service with Backblaze, so I'll have plenty of time to test the service out. Still, the slow upload is pretty infuriating. Even uploading around 20GB an hour would have been slow going, so getting a fraction of that sucks bad.
 
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