There will be a point in time when the older chain will be deleted, and a new one created, decreasing the storage usage (thus the spikes). You can see that I have 2 chains of backups, one that started with a full backup on the 3 (previous Sunday), and the other on the 0 (last Sunday). But the way Veeam Agent retention policy works, there are points in time when I have more historical data backed up than others.įor instance, this is the current backups I have: I basically do incremental backups every day, and full backups every week, and I keep backups for the last 7 days. The spikes you see on the graphs above are due to how I use Veeam Agent to backup my PC image to my NAS. Here are some graphs that might help you understand my data usage: However, I'm wondering if I could save some money if I were to move to B2, but I don't understand how much would I actually pay with my current backup strategy. I've had to recover a few files in the past due to some stupidity on my part, but it's my understanding that I can download 1GB/day for free on B2, that's more than enough for me. I don't download much, this is a safeguard, for when I lose everything on my NAS. The pricing is simple, I pay a fixed amount per year (I'm on Plan I - 1TB, see pricing here), and I can upload/download/browse at will, no hidden costs.
I've been using Synology C2 with my Synology NAS ever since it was released to the public and quite like it.