I’m considering Restic and Backblaze B2 as my backup solution. I’m a little worried having read about the potential for unexpected restore costs. For example, I’ve read restoring lots of little files adds to the cost (reference). What are the things to look out for when backing up and restoring that can add to the cost? Are there any best practices to keep costs down?
I’ve always wondered, doesn’t Backblaze cut exfiltration costs to zero if you proxy it through cloudflare? Why isn’t that an option so you’re only paying for storage costs and not bandwidth?